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THE LOWER TATOISH RANGE, FROM CAMP OF THE CLOUDS. 



west, and drops down into Paradise 

 valley, with its rapid stream coming from 

 the falls, and flowing for a long dis- 

 tance under the snow. 



The back ground is a magnificent 

 mountain range — the Tatoish — with 

 sharp, angular, turreted peaks. The sides 

 have immense snow banks sprinkled 

 over them, and above these the cragged, 

 bare points of the range rise supreme. 

 Alternating with the snow fields are 

 wide areas of black forest, and the whole 

 forms one of the most effective pieces of 



mountain landscape I have ever seen. 

 The stream that forms first, a foaming 

 narrow torrent becoming in turn a cata- 

 ract over ioo feet high, and again the 

 Paradise river, flows from Paradise 

 glacier, one of the smaller glaciers on 

 the slope of Mount Tacoma. 



About 10 o'clock on the morning of 

 August 7th, we started on our way to 

 the summit. We all carried packs con- 

 taining provisions, bedding, etc., some 

 of which were very heavy. Our shoe 

 soles were spiked, to hold well on 



THE UPPER TATOISH RANGE, FROM CAMP OF THE CLOUDS. 



