A GEOLOGIST'S PARADISE 



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taken. Far below and almost at the foot 

 of the great cliff is Emerald Lake, a spot 

 famous for its scenic beauty. Our camp 

 in the forest just below the ridge was 

 visited quite frequently in September by 

 heavy snow squalls that gave a welcome 

 opportunity for a day's rest, reading, and 

 cleaning up. 



Our camp at Lake O'Hara was in a 

 beautiful mountain meadow at the foot of 

 Mount Schaffer. Morning and evening 

 the views of the surrounding mountains 

 were most inspiring. At this elevation 

 (7,000 feet) snow squalls were not in- 

 frequent on the higher summits above, 

 and on July 17 snow fell at the camp 



most of the day. From a slope of Mount 

 Odaray, Lake O'Hara, resting like an 

 emerald in a bowl of mountains (see 

 page 512), reflected the glaciers of 

 Mounts Lefroy and Hungabee. 



Camping in the Canadian Rockies is a 

 relatively simple affair if one is accus- 

 tomed to going about with saddle and 

 pack animals for conveyance. It is not 

 difficult to obtain good camp outfits with 

 horses and men, and much of the most 

 beautiful scenery can be visited without 

 riding on a trail or leaving wagon roads. 

 Firewood and good water are well dis- 

 tributed and grass for the horses usually 

 abundant. 



OUR MOUNTAIN PANORAMA 



NO ONE would be more surprised 

 and delighted with Mr. Walcott's 

 beautiful panoramic view, which is pub- 

 lished as a Supplement to this number, 

 than the American scientist whose dis- 

 coveries gave a practical value to Da- 

 guerre's invention of photography, and 

 the 1 ooth anniversary of whose birth 

 was celebrated last month. It is only 72 

 years since John William Draper in New 

 York took the first photograph of a hu- 

 man face, but the progress in the photo- 

 graphic art since then is amazing. 



Mr. Walcott's panorama is the most 

 marvelous mountain view that has ever 

 been published, and is remarkable not 

 only for its exceeding beauty, but also 

 because of the many lessons in geog- 

 raphy learned by studying it. 



Readers of this Magazine who have 

 attempted to take photographs in high 

 altitudes can appreciate the combination 

 of patience and skill required to secure 

 a panorama like our Supplement. Weeks 

 usually elapse before the weather is 

 favorable, and then the slightest error 

 of judgment may make the exposure a 

 complete failure. 



Perhaps equally difficult is the engrav- 

 ing, printing, and handling of 100,000 



copies of the 9-foot picture. For the 

 success of this part of the publication 

 the National Geographic Magazine: 

 takes pleasure in acknowledging its in- 

 debtedness to the Matthews-Northrup 

 Works, of Buffalo. 



A few copies of the panorama have 

 been printed on heavy art mat paper 

 suitable for framing, and may be ob- 

 tained at the office of the National Geo- 

 graphic Society at 50 cents per copy. 



SCENES IN THE CANADIAN 

 ROCKIES 



THE scenes in the Canadian Rockies, 

 published on pages 522 to 536, are 

 all from photographs by Rev. George 

 Kinney, of Keremeos, B. C, Canada, 

 who, with his companion, Duncan Phil- 

 lips, has the distinction of being the first 

 to ascend to the summit of Mount Rob- 

 son, the highest mountain yet discovered 

 in the Canadian Rockies. 



Mount Robson is situated in the heart 

 of the Rockies, some 50 or more miles 

 north of Yellowhead Pass and hundreds 

 of miles from civilization. The moun- 

 tain can be reached only by pack-train 

 after long weeks of strenuous endeavor 

 through trackless forests and muskeg. 



