. Rod, gun, and palette in the high Rockies : being a record of an artist's impressions in the land of the red gods . willows and aspens that clothe thesteep bank below are ablaze with the tintingof the early frosts. The river flows placidlyby, and far across its breadth, broken withinnumerable willow-forested islets, is a broadexpanse of willow swamp, gloriously goldenand orange in the growing light, and thebrighter in color for the opposition of the firsthat line the distant bank, whose dark blue green, grayed bydistance, cuts sharp against the far hills, through a great gap—the Madison cany
. Rod, gun, and palette in the high Rockies : being a record of an artist's impressions in the land of the red gods . willows and aspens that clothe thesteep bank below are ablaze with the tintingof the early frosts. The river flows placidlyby, and far across its breadth, broken withinnumerable willow-forested islets, is a broadexpanse of willow swamp, gloriously goldenand orange in the growing light, and thebrighter in color for the opposition of the firsthat line the distant bank, whose dark blue green, grayed bydistance, cuts sharp against the far hills, through a great gap—the Madison canyon—in which, far upstream the river comesforth. Downstream the river widens into a bend, whose fartherround is lined with just suchanother field of willows un-der firs. Through a valleyto which the hills heredescend is visible a yetfarther range, whose peakslume sunnily white with newsnow. To the west, above thetops of the firs below in whoseshelter lies the camp, isvisible range on range of mountains, fairly overpower- ^^^^F^^iu w¥ ing in their scale and Here I halt and paint A feathered aristocrat •*^v. 30 Rod, Gun, and Palette in the High Rockies majesty, the fresh snow upon their great shoulders and in theirhollows bright in sun from a rift in the clouds that make theoverhead gray. 1 [ere 1 halt and paint, with a keen delight in the peacefulisolation of it all. whose memory will carry one over many wearycity days to come. The temperature rises, and by noon the sleet and snow aregone from the camp, and have left the sagebrush on the flats above.( )(ld pairs of ducks were observed on the n\rr. and near to camp( .ililornia robins. ee-dar WSJCwingS, camp robbers (a variety of jay)and fun hes. I he robins arc especially tame and hey are broader of beam than tin- eastern bird, rather larger andmore heavily built: have a gray spot on each shoulder, blackMidi, and haunt the water | edge. I here are continual excur-sions, alarums, ambuscades, and free skirmishes
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