THE WEST SHORE.
to 806 him roll over, but he went down the drift at au
angle of forty decrees, leaving A nnmonn (rati U
Over the rooks and across the valley he went at full
speed till we lost Biirht of him a mile swav.
After a late breakfast we startod out for a rnmblo,
cBoii in a aiuorent direction, I passing down a valley to
tlie northward Thoso mountain valley. I.
in tho quiot morning, warm iu the aunshino, sheltered
irora ine wind, the pure, light air crisp and exhilnratiug;
rilla of cool water everywhere, fresh from
green pastures of softest spring grasses; crystal lakelets
uorn 01 a snowamt; and through the meadows and along
the rills, evon against the anow. sinulv Ami In ,,,,
most lovely flowers, scores of varieties and hundred's of
Biiadee, buttercups and soft white cowslips, astors like
our marguoritoa, but with pink and lavondor potals, red
uaisiea aim yenow daisies, violets and lilies, and multi
tudos of those beautiful flowers found only among high
mountains! Aftor coinir tho lenoth of tlii Vnllnv T
crossed a low divide to the east and there found a glacier,
me souice or. me Uarbon ilivor. It was my first exjieri.
enoe witn one and 1 advanced with extreme caution.
These glaoiors present an odd apjearauco, much rosera
bling a dried worm with its akin all cracked oj.n, only
on a somewhat larger scale. Thia one is nix lilt a niila
wide and fifteen long. Unlike water one of thoso ice
rivers cannot widon out after being confined by rocky
sidos, but maintains nearly the same form throughout
Striking it below a narrow gorge, I had to climb up a
hundred foot to reach the surface. The lower end, reach
ing far below the snow line, was almost entirely covered
with rocks and sand from the continued slides and ava
lanchoa it hail enoountored along its course. The upjior
surface of a glaoior is full of crevasses, its profits being
much like a saw. Whore the top surface is convex these
cracks are more open, but whore it is concave they are
closed. I first tried a convex surface and found it prao
tically impassablo, the ice ridges being sharp and the
ohasms very deep; but going up further there was con
cave surface, where there was not much difficulty in
crossing by jumping some crevssses and going around
others. Crossing here and going np tho little mountain
opposito, I had a view of the eastern slo of Rainier,
and could see what appeared to be a possible way of
ascent Then recrossing the glacier by quite an easy
path I returned to camp. The surveyor was already
there. Coming home over a high ridge he saw an im
mense boar down five hundred feet in a valley, and as he
had the rifle with him he ooncludml to give bruin a shot
lie started down, but afUr descending about half way
came to the conclusion that the boar ought not to be so
rud.ly disturlxid, and struck out for camp. We novor
could determine whether tho fact that it was Hunday, the
depth of the valley, or the size of the bear, was the most
instrumental in bringing him to this conclusion. The
lswyer came in alxmt two hours later, as wo were at sup
per. Ha looked pale and tirod, and I never before saw a
mnu so glad to mo fri 'lids agiiiu after so brief au alcui--.
Us shook hands all around, said tho eatnp seemed so
home like, aud smiled all over. Wo finally cot it out of
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it lay in a valley, with icy sides. Ho found it pretty
hard going down, but coining up ho had a terrible time,
lie fell into a crevasse and had to climb up two hundred
feet through a hole in tho ioo, where hanging masses kept
falling, threatening to immolate him, aud ho did not
exMH't to get out alive
Monday wo startod to change our camp around to the
northeast side of the mountain.
SMVK'la
so as to ascend from tho east Wo were crossing over tho
snow fields on tho baso of tho mountain when, coining
around some rooks with natehe of Villi ll IT IV f nan sua sum
priHwl n largo mnuntiiin gmt IWding. I m tho awn
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niiu iiiiu mien wttvcuiug a pair ot ptarmigan ahead, and
did not boo him till he went galloping across in front of
US. I had alwaVS loliuod for Inintnr'a liiiir,.!., nll., i..
vain, and a goat waa just what I had Iroon hoping for.
My nerves were all on end in an Infant anl i,rt ...
a flutter. I was trying to get a good aim; how the gun
ahookt could I shoot with the pack pulling my shoulders
back? would I loso him as I had (he wolf? there he goes
behind a nick, but out ho (M II lint nirntn rmliir tiwtp. si1..-mI.. .
crack goea tho gun, and he changes his course but does
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inn increase ms speca; orsoK again, and lie comes toward
us to tho odue of a oroiiinioo. He In a mirr.u.ilu
shot now, and I shoot for his heart Then his head gin s
iiown ana un struggles on the snow, and wo all three are
runuing toward him; but as soon as he is off his feet ho
beiMllft slidillll. and liefora we mn rnn.l. dl
t a -i'a wi'B B1T IfVV f
It is only a very steep snow slide, and we are after him
full tilt: and there ho lies at llm WLm . l.m.xi .
particle, but with bullets In his shoulder, nock and hear.
Wo juduod that ho welihe! (viimlJ.irul.1u fivnr llirsut lint
w rt ' i iiiMm it i
dred pounds. His Issly and mn k wero very thick, legs
short, and head almost as long as that ot a horse, so that
ho had a very awkward liuuWing gait If chamois
nhootinif Is much like mint linnLino. li uumo tl..i
d --'Br w ' i i v
oow shooting in a big pasture might U as difficult and
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mo romance oi me iiravo onamols liiinter SiiITers severely.
Wo took off the skin aud short little horns of our goat, as
it was impossible to carry him along. The rings on his
horns showed him to be of a venerable age, In fact a
patriarch, ilo was what Is vulgarly called a " billy," .,f
a very pronounced order, tho kind Virgil speaks of In the
" Eclogues." Ilolh of these facts speared very plainly
when we tried to ent him; for tlimnrh w tm.lc l.ln .
P " - -n " " ..in ..riHii ,s
est ortorhouso steaks, and tried them Uiiled, friid and
roiuiuti, nun mi wiriHi logeiner, sun me Hilly tasto lie I
tho sevenUsin-ycar toughuess wero there, liut his sk'u
is a beauty, pure white, with long soft hair.
After our little (Tuir with tlm itviat .1
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tho base of tha inountnlii. ilnwn Aiira (tin Purl.. ..!,...!. .
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then np again though flowery fields aud scrubby fir o i
a.. a t r. r i -.i i. ...
m spuroi i.ainier, wnere me last wood ootild 1st Toui l.
Here again wo pitched our Uni, gathered a he. I of Uniglei,
Nlireud our blankets and nisile our but ninm i.nlv ll.i.
days' provisions reuntineL Our camp wss very near tlm
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i)(i in tim iiii'ier, uiui inui uigin, as siniu as llm smi