Rocky- fountain Trap 
flat plain of the park, he reached Garland before noon and 
found but little mail. There were a number of pleasant gen¬ 
tlemen, officers of the past, there - especially in the neigh¬ 
borhood of the settlers store where whiskey ran like water end 
most of the officers were soaked. Major Jewett is in command 
and seems a very nice gentleman. Camped at the south foot of 
Sierra Blanca. 
Aug. 25th : Rainy morning, not possible to make the climb 
today. The camp is under a clump of aspens by a small brook. 
It is a pleasant place. Attempted a sketch of a portion of camp, 
but had indifferent success. The outlook upon the park is most 
wonderful. The effects of light, shadow and color that pass 
over- the velvety plain on such a day - sunlight and shower. A 
couple of sketches very faintly and imperfectly represent its 
charms. 1 know of no place that affords a richer field for the 
painter than these mountains along the east side of San Luis 
Park. The sunsets are always fine. 
Aug. 27th : Rode out with Dr. Hayden to make some^ geol¬ 
ogic examinations. Pound the outcrops about the east base to 
be a modern conglomerate tipped up at an angle of 60° and strik¬ 
ing S. fl'f S. .7. Passed over the drift covered terraces and ridges. 
Much of the drift seems to t ome 
recent conglomerate. Hunted for 
turned to camp without game. Pa 
there must have been 3000 head; 
from the disintegration of the 
a while without success and re¬ 
seed a herd of Mexican sheep; 
e-bout one-third were black. A 
boy and dog tended them. Harry shot a small, perfectly white 
rabbit. The clouds hung low along the ribbed slopes of Blanca 
as they had done yesterday. 
