﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  109 
  

  

  A 
  Timid 
  Canadian 
  Deer 
  

  

  Japanese 
  Lilies 
  Grow 
  Luxuriantly 
  on 
  Many 
  Trails 
  

  

  The 
  Lure 
  of 
  the 
  Trail 
  

  

  By 
  Katherine 
  Louise 
  Smith 
  

  

  [OTHING 
  can 
  be 
  more 
  entrancing 
  to 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  lover 
  than 
  to 
  follow 
  some 
  friendly 
  

   trail, 
  to 
  ascend 
  the 
  lower 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   hills 
  and 
  minor 
  mountains, 
  or 
  to 
  scale 
  some 
  

   height 
  which 
  towers 
  its 
  mighty 
  head 
  far 
  

   above 
  the 
  surrounding 
  peaks. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  

   fascination 
  about 
  a 
  mountain 
  trail 
  that 
  

   brings 
  joy 
  to 
  the 
  soul 
  of 
  the 
  would-be 
  Alpinist, 
  whether 
  he 
  

   wishes 
  to 
  win 
  honor 
  and 
  glory 
  by 
  making 
  a 
  first 
  ascent 
  or 
  to 
  

   enjoy 
  the 
  leisurely 
  climbs 
  which 
  are 
  safe 
  for 
  the 
  ordinary 
  

   traveler, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  attempted 
  by 
  any 
  good 
  walker. 
  Thou- 
  

   sands 
  of 
  these 
  trails, 
  the 
  best 
  in 
  the 
  world, 
  exist 
  through 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  Rockies 
  and 
  British 
  Columbia, 
  which 
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  with 
  

  

  

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  Kootenay 
  Outlet, 
  from 
  Pilot 
  Bay, 
  British 
  Columbia 
  

  

  their 
  cliffs 
  and 
  canons, 
  deep, 
  green 
  forests, 
  and 
  peaks 
  crowned 
  

   with 
  eternal 
  snows. 
  

  

  The 
  trails 
  that 
  penetrate 
  the 
  mountains 
  are 
  not 
  ordinary 
  

   highways. 
  Through 
  the 
  valleys 
  of 
  the 
  Rockies 
  they 
  were 
  

   originally 
  made 
  by 
  Indians, 
  and 
  many 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  date 
  

   from 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  prehistoric 
  man. 
  Who 
  can 
  say 
  what 
  

   scenes 
  a 
  trail 
  has 
  witnessed 
  — 
  what 
  stories 
  it 
  could 
  tell? 
  Long 
  

   before 
  the 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man 
  these 
  trails 
  in 
  the 
  Rockies 
  

   were 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Kootenay, 
  Stoney, 
  Blood, 
  and 
  other 
  Indians 
  

   who 
  took 
  hard 
  journeys 
  to 
  barter 
  their 
  furs 
  for 
  beads 
  and 
  

   the 
  gewgaws 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  delight 
  to 
  follow 
  such 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  path 
  wherever 
  found, 
  whether 
  in 
  the 
  States 
  or 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  Rockies, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  especially 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  latter, 
  for 
  

  

  they 
  have 
  been 
  little 
  ex- 
  

   plored 
  and 
  they 
  represent, 
  

   in 
  majesty 
  and 
  snowy 
  caps, 
  

   the 
  sublimity 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  

   American 
  ranges. 
  Many 
  

   a 
  narrow 
  pathway 
  one 
  can 
  

   follow, 
  worn 
  in 
  places 
  by 
  

   the 
  hoofs 
  of 
  horses, 
  clearly 
  

   marked 
  in 
  open 
  meadows, 
  

   always 
  winding 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   some 
  obstacle 
  and 
  peeping 
  

   out 
  when 
  least 
  expected 
  on 
  

   some 
  avalanche 
  track 
  or 
  

   steep 
  cliff. 
  Perhaps 
  a 
  de- 
  

   serted 
  bear 
  cave 
  by 
  its 
  side 
  

   shows 
  where 
  Bruin 
  has 
  had 
  

   winter 
  quarters, 
  or 
  the 
  

   friendly 
  porcupine 
  almost 
  

   blocks 
  all 
  progress. 
  All 
  

   suggests 
  the 
  rapture 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  discovery, 
  and 
  even 
  a 
  

   well-worn 
  trail 
  affords 
  de- 
  

   lights 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  

   not 
  tried 
  the 
  intricacies 
  of 
  

   the 
  little 
  used 
  mountain 
  

   pathways. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  trails 
  are 
  

   practicable 
  for 
  horses 
  but 
  

  

  