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The Edge of the World 
from the lines they travelled. Some of our experiences were 
interesting, but I have not the space here for recording many 
of them. It was my first winter out of doors, and sleeping in 
snow-storms and all kinds of weather was a novelty; though 
the climate is fine and dry. It was only in the higher regions 
that we encountered much snow, yet the temperature in the 
valleys was quite cold enough. In leading the open-air life 
from summer to winter and to summer again, the system be- 
The Uinkaret Mountains at Sunset, from the North-east. 
Mt. Trumbull in middle, Mt. Logan in the far distance. 
Oil sketch by F. S. Dellenbaugh. 
comes adjusted, and one does not suffer as much as at first 
glance would seem probable; in fact, one suffers very little if 
any, provided there are plenty of good food and warm clothing. 
On one occasion, when we were coming away from a snowy 
experience in the Uinkaret Mountains, we were enveloped in 
a severe flurry one morning soon after starting. When we 
had gone about a mile and a half, the whole world seemed 
to terminate. The air was dense with the fast-falling snow- 
