. Shores and Alps of Alaska . e glassy surface of The Devils Lake, whichreflected the mountains round in water of such adeep azure blue, as to be almost sufficiently un-canny to account for its name, without taking intoconsideration the gloomy precipices which over-hang its sides. In front of my tent by the edge of the lake stood,or rather tottered, a withered tree which might havebeen the veritable Upas Tree, for not a living thing-was discernible around. Only the curious cries of a few wild-fowl brokethe silence of the nights, sounding almost human,like preconcerted signals of Indians to att
. Shores and Alps of Alaska . e glassy surface of The Devils Lake, whichreflected the mountains round in water of such adeep azure blue, as to be almost sufficiently un-canny to account for its name, without taking intoconsideration the gloomy precipices which over-hang its sides. In front of my tent by the edge of the lake stood,or rather tottered, a withered tree which might havebeen the veritable Upas Tree, for not a living thing-was discernible around. Only the curious cries of a few wild-fowl brokethe silence of the nights, sounding almost human,like preconcerted signals of Indians to attack thecamp of the solitary white man. Once or twice ahumming-bird hovered and poised itself overhead,and then darted away, startling me with the suddennoise of its wina;s. From a summit five thousand feet above the lake * Later in the season a 27 lb. trout was caught. S SHORES AND ALPS OF ALASKA. an extensive panorama was visible of the RockyMountains, two of the peaks being counterpartsof the Schreckhorn and Castle Mountain and The Canadian National Park. Bears are unusually numerous this season, andhave been seen lately near both of the hot springsin the Park; and on one occasion by some ladies
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