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cades. Here it was desirable to cross the creek and 

 follow the west bank to the next shelf above, where 

 another large lake lies like a jewel in its circular rock 

 setting. Entering this lake from the east is the small 

 stream which issues from between Mts. Spencer and 

 Huxley, and drains the Evolution Group proper. About 

 its head are the Main Crest peaks Haeckel, Wallace, and 

 Fiske, but none can compare with the noble peak (Mt. 

 Huxley) in the foreground about whose base the creek 

 cuts. 



Air. Solomons, as I understand it, went as far as this 

 tributary, and climbed some of the peaks at its head. The 

 region at the head of the main stream he did not explore ; 

 so I was particularly anxious to reach if possible the 

 summit of the Goddard Divide. A mile above this lake 

 was another, and farther up still another, each in its 

 miniature amphitheater. Finally I rounded the last spur 

 of Mt. Huxley and entered a great basin at the head- 

 waters. This was walled in on the south by the Goddard 

 Divide, a magnificent range of peaks, covered by an 

 almost unbroken sheet of snow. It curved around to the 

 east also, and finally joined the Main Crest near Mt. 

 Fiske. Off to the west the ridges w€re low, and over 

 them towered the vast bulk of Mt. Goddard and all the 

 black peaks of its neighborhood. Nearly the whole floor 

 of the basin was covered with snow, except where two 

 large lakes of the deepest indigo-blue, whose unruffled 

 surfaces reflected the snowy peaks about, occupied the 

 central portion. The day was perfect, without a cloud 

 in the sky. I have seldom been so impressed by a moun- 

 tain scene as by this, — possibly because I was alone, and 

 so far away from the ordinary routes of travel. 



