The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 



whatever it was, though the process was a compHcated 

 one, it being necessary to maintain an equiHbrium by 

 the use of the brake at the same time that one snatched 

 at the article offered to his grasp only for the briefest 

 instant. It proved to be a box of talcum powder for 

 the feet, and this I managed to throw far ahead, where 

 it was later recovered. He that has not coasted down a 

 snow-bank on a mountain-peak has missed one of the 

 genuine sensations of the Sierra. Things occur with 

 the rapidity of thought while the actual glissade is being 

 made. The last cobweb and vestige of somnolence leaves 

 the mind ; one is awake and alive ! 



On the flatter stretches, the "red snow," here of a pure 

 salm.on tint, was very noticeable, particularly in depres- 

 sions, and of a more vivid color when the surface was 

 kicked off. I found a big dragon-fly chilled on the snow, 

 and wishing another look at him, and needing the free 

 use of both hands and lacking any other place to carry 

 him, I promptly clapped him into my hat, where after 

 a time he was revived by the heat of the body and 

 fluttered about in an aimless sort of way. Naturally, 

 coming to in the dark and not recognizing his surround- 

 ings, after the novelty of the situation had worn off 

 and the first gratification of warmth had somewhat sub- 

 sided, he felt a certain surprise, I suppose, at finding 

 himself beneath an unfamiliar opaque canopy and above 

 that which to him must have seemed a sort of tangled 

 chaparral radiating so much heat. I turned him loose 

 with the Russian formula of farewell, "Be with God," 

 and we went our several ways. 



At the very first outpost of the albicaulis pines, and at 

 about 4 o'clock, we stopped for luncheon. From a dead 

 stub near by we soon gathered enough fragments of wood 

 to afford fire for bouillon and a cup of tea. The view 

 here was most interesting; we were just above the largest 

 of the lakes, all ice and snow on one side and beautifully 

 reflecting the overhanging hills. Mt. Brewer towered 

 above in grandeur, seeming higher to the imagination 



