Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-03-28

in' .No eoou peCalhe acquainted, anu
found him very agreeable. have read
his poems, and am much pleased with
them they show great talent. His first
name is pronounced Waukeen, and Mr..
II. persists in calling it Walk IN, saying
that is his nearest approach to the Span
ish pronunciation.
Our guide who accompanies US every
where is young Mexican, named An
selmo Flores, and Mr.. III. desiguates him
alternately as Pluto, Plato, Olympus,
Phidias, Aristotle, Raphael, as they recur
to his mind, saying that Anselmo is too
long.
The weather is charming. Every day
is clear and very warm at noon, but cool
at other times. On the day after our ar
rival we went TO the foot of the Yosemi
te Fall, which is in front of our hotel.
We had hard walk of nearly mile,
through marshes, over streams, and
climbing rocks, until we were sufficiently
near to be wet through by the spray.
The river falls in three leaps, 2,634 feet,
and is twenty feet wide, though the
breadth appears one at the top the
height is SO great, and the noise was
deafening.
Early the next morning We took
horses and started to visit the Nevada
and Vernal Falls. After climbing six
miles of another trail of the same char
acter as that before described, we came
to Shows" appropriately named, as
all around it was cold, rocky and desc
late There we dismounted and walked
with difficulty to the base Of the Nevada
Fall, which is 700 feet high, and grand
sight it was! Again l went SO close as
to be drenched, but did not take any
cold. Our guide told us thai dog that
fell over was found with his body COM
pletely crushed and broken.
We returned to Shows and took lunch,
meeting a great many travellers. We
then walked half mile, until we came
to the Vernal Fall, the most beautiful
of all, in my judgment. We descended
long flights of wet and slippery wooden
steps, which led to small piece of level
ground alongside Of the Fall, and com.
nanding full view of it. The river
falls in one leap, $50 feet, and the vol
ume of water is greater than that of the
other. Two lovely rainbows constantly
span the Fall, extending far on either
side, and / can say with truth that /
have been behind the rainbo,O. Around
it the ground was covered with ever
fresh vegetation, which the spray cease
lessly waters. After feasting our eyes as
long as our Time would permit, We again
climbed the slippery steps and surveyed
it from above, and fearful sight it was
! to look down. We mounted once more
and rode slowly back to Hutchings, once
fording the foamiDg, roaring river, in
whose swift current the horses could
scarcely keep their footing. Then Agnes
and induced the guide to take us three
miles further, to see Mirror Lake, little
sheet of water famous for its wonderful
reflections. The ride there was very
pleasant, the road was level and good,
and the time just sunset We returned
to our hotel quite prepared for supper
and bed.
Two days after, by our poets advice,
early one morning we took our lunch
and set out to visit Glacier Point, to
which new trail had just been COM
pleted. Up, up, we assembled for 1000
feet, over the longest, steepest and diz-
ziest trail we had yet attempted. The
precipices below us we're positively fright
full, and it seemed as if we should new
er reach the top, but on getting there we
were fully repaid. The prospect was
finer and more extended than anything
we had seen before, comprising the en-
tire Valley, all the principal falls, and
range upon range of the High Sierra
beyond, covered with snow and cleaning
in the bright MONDAY sun. We re-
mained several hours, and then com
menced going down, still more trying
than coming up, and at last l dismount-
ed and walked nearly all the way, leav-
ing the horse to follow, and SO did sew
eral others. The sun was very hot, and
the road so rough that it was about as
hard walking as | had ever done. Once
| lay down in the dust, and Mr.. H., Ag-
mes and l crawled under the chapparal
and rested. We came back tired out,
burned to blister, and declaring we
mad had enough of trails for the present.
Since our arrival large parties of Wis
itors have come in every day, many Of
them being from the Eastern States and
from Europe. All the saddle horses, Of
which there are several hundreds, are in
constant use, and riding parties are seen
passing in all directions. Many ladies
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