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In the club register we found the names of the pre- 

 vious party — Le Conte, Eells, Parker, Butler, Elston, 

 Cosgrave, and Gould. We registered Misses McBride, 

 Redington, Swett, and Bradford, and Messrs. Rodman, 

 Gould, Eloesser, Haskell, Curtis, and Parsons. The 

 four ladies of our party were the first women to make 

 this ascent, except Miss Skinner * and Mrs. Bolton Coit 

 Brown.f 



We arrived at the summit at 1 1 : 30, so that on account 

 of the long and difficult return to camp our stay was ne- 

 cessarily short. We lunched and drank from a novel foun- 

 tain made by setting up a large flat slab of granite, sloping 

 it toward the sun^ and plastering over its warm surface 

 snow, which melted at once and ran in streams from its 

 lower edge. Then taking a final lingering view of the 

 grand alpine outlook, we reluctantly started for the re- 

 turn to base camp, which was uneventful and safely 

 made by 6 o'clock. 



That night we treated ourselves to a good supper, 

 and the sun was gilding the mountain-tops next morning 

 before we stirred from our sleeping-bags. 



Retracing our steps to the Kern Canon trail, we zig- 

 zagged down its precipitous wall and lunched in a beauti- 

 ful grove not far from Junction Meadow. Here we 

 enjoyed a long siesta until the afternoon shadow crept 

 well up the eastern wall of the canon, when we repacked 

 our mules and followed the trail down beneath tall trees, 

 beside the beautiful river, gazing with surprised delight 

 at the magnificent many-hued walls revealed in all their 

 graceful beauty by the softened, diffused light of early 

 evening. It would surely take the brush of a Keith or 



* Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. I., p. 91. 

 t Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. II., p. 26. 



