At the north of Bearcamp Water; . st singer ofthe mountain peaks. A feeling of forlornnesswhich had been creeping over me was the storm come; I was ready for it. Not many rods below the peak, on the veryverge of the eastern crag, stands an enormousdetached rock, roughly cubical in shape, and atleast twenty feet in each dimension. This rock,which is known as the Cow, rests upon anarrow shelf having a saucer-shaped depressionabout fifteen feet in diameter in its upper sur-face The Cow projects slightly beyond theouter edge of the ledge, but at the point whereit projects the concavi
At the north of Bearcamp Water; . st singer ofthe mountain peaks. A feeling of forlornnesswhich had been creeping over me was the storm come; I was ready for it. Not many rods below the peak, on the veryverge of the eastern crag, stands an enormousdetached rock, roughly cubical in shape, and atleast twenty feet in each dimension. This rock,which is known as the Cow, rests upon anarrow shelf having a saucer-shaped depressionabout fifteen feet in diameter in its upper sur-face The Cow projects slightly beyond theouter edge of the ledge, but at the point whereit projects the concavity of the under graniteleaves a space exactly eighteen inches in heightand several feet long, which admits light intothe hollow beneath the Cow. Years before, 1had discovered this strange cave, and had foundthat a projecting corner of rock gave standing-room near enough to the narrow mouth to allowa man to creep into it. To this shelter I deter-mined to take my luggage for safe-keeping dur-ing the rain. As I wound my way down the. A NIGHT ALONE ON CHOCORUA. 69 zigzag path to the cave, a junco flew past me inthe gloom and chirped inquiringly. A drop ortwo of rain fell. Thunder roared in the south-west as well as in the north. The mountainshad lost the wonderful dark violet shade whichthey possessed before the light faded, and werenow almost black, those nearest being I reached the mouth of the cave, an uncom-fortable thought intruded itself upon my mind,— was it possible that bears used the cave? Ipeered in. The place was empty now, at allevents. Pushing in my oilskin coat, jersey,knapsack with lunch, lantern, and star-atlas, Islid in after them. At the deepest part of thedepression in the ledge, the space between therock below and the rock above is thirty could not sit up straight, but I could reclinecomfortably at various angles. Lighting mylantern, I unpacked my bag and furnished mylodgings. A watch, match-box, foot rule, ther-mometer, pencil, a mirror f
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