Musings by camp-fire and wayside . perity - 167 XVI. The South—Scenic and Educational 177 ALASKAN MUSINGS XVII. Snoqualmie Falls - - - - 187 XVIII. Along the Northern Line - - 195 XIX. Aboard the Bear - - - 203 XX. Alaskan Volcanoes - - - 211 9 Contents PAGE XXI. Dutch Harbor - - - - 222 XXII. Among the Islands - - - 231 XXIII. Scenic Grandeur of Alaska - - 242 XXIV. At Orca 248 XXV. The Alaskan Mines - - - 254 WHAT ADAM DID IN EDEN XXVI. The Realms of Mystery - - 267 XXVII. The Adam of Genesis - - 277 XXVIII. Adams Conquests - - - - 290 XXIX. Adams Wife - - - - 300 XXX. Adam the Hunter - - -
Musings by camp-fire and wayside . perity - 167 XVI. The South—Scenic and Educational 177 ALASKAN MUSINGS XVII. Snoqualmie Falls - - - - 187 XVIII. Along the Northern Line - - 195 XIX. Aboard the Bear - - - 203 XX. Alaskan Volcanoes - - - 211 9 Contents PAGE XXI. Dutch Harbor - - - - 222 XXII. Among the Islands - - - 231 XXIII. Scenic Grandeur of Alaska - - 242 XXIV. At Orca 248 XXV. The Alaskan Mines - - - 254 WHAT ADAM DID IN EDEN XXVI. The Realms of Mystery - - 267 XXVII. The Adam of Genesis - - 277 XXVIII. Adams Conquests - - - - 290 XXIX. Adams Wife - - - - 300 XXX. Adam the Hunter - - - 3 AT EVENTIDEXXXI. Expiring Embers—A Study of Death 327 mt of 3iiimtxatiom W. C. Gray Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Island from Iron River Trail - - 15 Clear Lake Trout Stream .... 25 - 39 Double Vista Looking Toward the Mainland 62The Dining-Room - . - .81 An Hours Sport ..... ^2The Boathouse - - . .The Library - . . The Landing . - - . , - 124 Iron River Trail 99114 134 Island Lake 327 CAMP-FIRE MUSINGS. MUSINGS BY CAMP-FIRE AND WAYSIDE The Camp-Fire MANKIND has never willingly relinquishedthe camp-fire. It is not preference, butnecessity, that has driven him there he carried and rekindled its embers, andit became the hearth-fire: a flame, sister to the flameof love. So much he rescued from the loss of Para-dise. It is not till the overcrowding of his own kindhas exterminated the game and ravaged the forestswith steel and fire, and not till the increase of com-peting herds has exhausted the pastures, that manwill fence in for himself a patch of the wilderness,domesticate for himself a few of its birds and quad-rupeds, and build for himself a castle. Civilizationis to him a choice of evils, and he has never forgot-ten nor ceased to long for Paradise, with its unlim-ited breadth and freedom—with its camp-fires glim-mering on distant hill or mountain-side or stream;their rays telling of fellowship, hospitality, and lib-erty. Civilization is tyr
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