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All along the road through here are directions 

 for camping parties, '^Good water here." ^'Bury 

 all tin cans." "Fnt out fires carefully." It is a 

 very paternal government up here, especially for 

 the four-legged anim.als. 



We reached Camp Roosevelt in time for a late 

 lunch. It is so called, I believe, because the Pres- 

 ident once passed by there and looked at it. 

 There is also a big Douglas spruce called the 

 Roosevelt tree, because the President is supposed 

 to have seen it. 



The Camp is set in a charming grove, with tent 

 houses and tents for cooking and dining. Back of 

 it a little stream comes giggling down the hill, 

 enjoying some little joke of its own; and farther 

 back is another canon. I sent Dudgeon up to see 

 it and he reported it as three hundred and eighty 

 feet, nine inches, deep, and seven hundred and thir- 

 teen feet wide. This must be a justly propor- 

 tioned cafion. I am glad Dudgeon saw it. There 

 is nothing like being accurate about these things, 

 and Dudgeon is one of the most accurate liars I 

 have ever kn'own. He never makes loose state- 



