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which you may descend if you wish. I did not 

 care to. 



It is moist and very ill-smelUng. The emana- 

 tions from below are noxious, and the bones of 

 animals that evidently died from suffocation are 

 found there. One spring the bones of an elk, that 

 had fallen in and perished during the winter, were 

 found in it. 



All about Mammoth are beautiful walks and 

 drives in the hills and mountains, for you are 

 surrounded by lofty peaks. 



One of them, Mt. Evarts, commemorates one of 

 the most remarkable examples of human endur- 

 ance ever recorded. 



T. C. Evarts was a member of the Washburne 

 expedition. He became separated from his party 

 and his mule ran avvay with all his food and 

 weapons. He lost his glasses and, being near- 

 sighted, unused to the woods and without even 

 a pocketknife, his plight may be imagined. 



His companions searched in vain for him, but, 

 short of food themselves, they were compelled to 

 give him up and push on. As soon as they 



