Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-07-22


rolling country timbered with fir, cedar
and hemlock, interspersed with marshes,
some of which have quite large ponds in
the centre, we made a sharp turn to the
east, and began the ascent of quite hill,
through the thickly timbered side of
which the trail winds; and which brought
US at last out upon the summit, and such
scene as lay spread before us words cam
not describe. The survey party had cut
away all obstructing timber, thus giving
perfect view in every direction. Glanc-
ing over in your direction, Fidalgo
seemed but step away, but such step!
'twould take pair of seven-league boots
to make it. To the south Lopez was
partly hidden by peak, but showed her
dark timber land on both sides of it, with
strip of shining water beyond, and
WILDLY island in the distance. To the
southeast San Juan, Shaw and Orcas seem
to be hopclessly mixed up, with threads
of silver winding in and out among them;
while beyond the sun shone brightly on
the sun crowned SUBMITS of the Olympic
range, while veil of mist hid her foot
hills, and made her peaks seem as if sus~
pended in mid-air. To the west it was
such succession of islands and mountain
peaks as to be utterly confusing, but be-
yond them,all the mountains on Vancou
yer showed up grandly, and the eye in
following them north until lost in the sea,
involuntarily rests on the Fraser river
range, which rears its jagged peaks be-
yond our broad gulf. But it is to the
east we must look for the grandest view
OF ALL Mt. Baker, the sentinel of the
Sound, looking down upon the other
mountains like giant among pigmies, his
sides covered with everlasting SHOWS, and
looking under the bright rays of the sun
like FURNISHED SILVER, with here and there
rugged crag rearing its dark..and gloomy
head The rising sun is dispensing the
mists that hung around his sides, and as
they now roll up from his summit in cu>
mulus mass; make one involuntarily watch
to see whether he has not come back to
life and action again, and become like
the beacon of the Israelites, pillar of
cloud by day apd of fire by night" But
no; the mist rises and our sphinx is silent
and still. Looking nearer home we seq
Bellingham bay stretched out below US,
with its settlements and villages. A SIN
gle vessel is moving slowly and stately
across its surface, and the currents, coun
ter-currents aud tide-rips are all shown
more plainly than any map can show
them. Wishing to trace a current hid>
den by an angle of the mountain we
make few steps to the east, when with
a start we glance downward, and instead
Of steep mountain side, as we expect
ed, we see sheer descent of fully q
thousand feet, which seems even to over
hang, for we cannot by any safe means
see the wall below, while away down the
tr. thickets seen from above look like
moss, and all of the same height. ALI
most below us two little lakes sparkle
like Jewels in the sunshine, while further
south we see one that must be OF some
extent, as the part we can see must be
mile long 10y one-third of a mile wide,
and its bold shores proves it to be very
deep. What a pity such lakes are not
stocked with good fish (there are none in
them am intormed) Were they, as they
should be, teeming with fish, 1t would be
the very paradise of the tourist and sports
man. for deer are SO plenty on the mount
ain top, that had we come "cn bloody
thoughts intent" we could each have
graced our hats with bucks tail with
little or no trouble, while the mountain
sides are so rugged that they will always
have safe breeding place. In descend>
ing the mountain we stuck to the trail,
and were amply rewarded, for we found
it so open that but for few logs which
have fallen in it, it is as good as an aver
age pack trail, and ladies as well as gen.
tlemen can make the trip, and enjoy one
of the finest views in Washington Terri
ritory or America. VIDL-
ORCAs ISLAND, July 2, 1882.
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