. Shoshone, and other western wonders. orts. In the evening we sat around the fire,and Manley told us of his life. It was very un-eventful, he said, and in winter was most storms were frequent and severe, and hewas absolutely cut off from the outside summer the visitors were numerous. Manymade the cabin their head-quarters while onhunting trips about the country, and othersstopped, as we had, for a night. For a living,Manley supplies the Park hotels with meat, eggs,and milk. In the future he hopes a railroad willreach his land and render it worth a tidy for-tune. At present
. Shoshone, and other western wonders. orts. In the evening we sat around the fire,and Manley told us of his life. It was very un-eventful, he said, and in winter was most storms were frequent and severe, and hewas absolutely cut off from the outside summer the visitors were numerous. Manymade the cabin their head-quarters while onhunting trips about the country, and othersstopped, as we had, for a night. For a living,Manley supplies the Park hotels with meat, eggs,and milk. In the future he hopes a railroad willreach his land and render it worth a tidy for-tune. At present, he told us, life was a struggle,and the income was discouragingly small. Our last days drive was begun early andended late in the afternoon. The air was crispand cool on leaving Manleys, and patches of ig6 SHOSHONE. frost-work lay upon the grasses. It was wellinto September now, and winter comes early inthis mountain country. From the cabin wedrove across the Madison, and were soon amongthe forests. It is not over ten miles from one. manleys cabin. side of the valley to the other; but the roadfollows the course of an old trail, that was madefor the especial benefit of those who wished tokeep near the river, and greatly increases thedistance. We rarely lost sight of the Madison, A NEW ROUTE TO WONDERLAND. I97 and at times drove along its banks. It is apretty stream, this far-away tributary of thegreat Missouri. Its valley is heavily woodedand has a series of parks, or intervales, whichare as level as a floor and thickly carpeted withgrasses. Some of these openings have beencaused by fire, which has swept away the trees,and others are purely natural, free, even, fromunderbrush, and as neat and trim as thoughgiven daily care. Why they should have beenleft in the very depths of the forests, is a mys-tery. That they have been is a blessing, forthey greatly relieve the monotony of a forestdrive. We were constantly driving into andacross them, and in one we stopped for lunch-eon and
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