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End" of the lake and catch the colors of the pansies that are 

 still in bloom in a niche of the old sea wall. If one possess 

 the artist's mood, he will add thereto a boat ride round State 

 Line Point in the lazy swell of the evening sea beneath the 

 silent pine-clad cliffs, while the moon, as beautiful as any sum- 

 mer moon, rides overhead. Only the carpet of snow and the 

 film of ice that gathers from the spray upon the boat keeps 

 one alive to the reality that the season is winter. 



Finally, a rowing trip along the western shore of the lake 

 with stops at pleasure en route. One can have weather to suit 

 his taste, for the waters on this shore are safe in storm, and 

 the barometer and the sky will give full warning long before 

 the weather attains the danger point. The man who loves the 

 breath of the storm and the glow of excitement will loose his 

 boat from Tallac when the clouds swing down the caiion and 

 speed forth borne, as it were, on the wings of the waves to- 

 ward the distant foot of the lake — past the black-water wall 

 where the waves of Emerald Bay sweep into Tahoe, through 

 the frothy waters where the wind shifts and whips round 

 Rubicon Point, over the white caps of Meek's Bay until by 

 skillful maneuvering the jutting cape is weathered and quieter 

 water is found in McKinney Bay. Full time there is, "with the 

 wind astern, to reach the river's mouth at Tahoe City, but the 

 voyager who loves the woodland will tarry for a night in the 

 dense fir forest of Blackwood, while his boat rides safely 

 moored to the limb of a prostrate tree. 



Regarding the eastern side of the lake, the bold shore and 

 jutting headlands, the fewness of the landing places, and the 

 sweep of the waves make cruising in these waters a matter of 

 supreme skill and farsightedness. Let the viking learn with 

 broad-beamed boat the mastery of the western shore before he 

 turns his boat's prow to the east. For the man of milder tastes 

 the motorboat will sufiBce or the mail steamer, which plies the 

 waters of Lake Tahoe twice a week. 



In tobogganing, the hills and open meadows at Tahoe City 

 and at Glenbrook will furnish royal sport for the devotee. 

 Skating and ice-yachting must be sought in regions where 

 the snow is less deep and the cold more intense. 



Skiing is the chief method of locomotion in winter at the 

 lake, and the novice soon becomes expert in the milder forms 



