The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-08-10

looked at his tally stick" and found that
during the season Of 1899 he killed TWEEN
| tH-SlN. Ills tWu or three employees SAID
| they had killed as many more. \ watch
tul eye is necessary when 4 pilgrim gets
oNt OF q road or trail. The mountainous
prarcaile: so much that when h.
| THINKS !, person does not see HIM he lies
quiet and does not coil and rattle. 1Yl'
rangers wear extremely thick leather
lrS:@in"S over heavy stockings. Deadly
as is the poison Of these snakes, few poo
hilton. and whisky is instantly taken.
The rattcSnaEr in the eastern part Of
North Carolina is far larger and in con-
sequence more deadly. owing to the
Glrater size Of the ian"$ and poison bags.
The most dangerous because the most
stare is he black water mo~caSin, or cot
tonmouth. called by the natives the
swamp lion,' because OF his SavayeneS>.
These snakes attack mon.
The real objrctlve point Of the Pilgrim
age is TSynh Peak. The Thompson
ninc-nilr tramp. This is the stccp"St
because the most direct Of all til" trails.
The immense trees Of the Pink Beds are
replaced ON the long mountain crest by
.lWarfcd trees. very quaint in effect. with
blue grass beneath them. IT is a natural
park in miniature. The trail leads a long
the crest to PiS=ah Lodge: This is II
masterpiece OF uuuintneSs, Ill Of logs and
stone. is front balcony projects over Il
chaSm almost sheer for 1000 feet. From
| TINS most picturesque standpoint Mr..
\and"rbilt'S guests shoot 1T clay pig
cons or glass balls. and experts get three
or four shots. The furniture is all Of
mountain woods. The dining hall is Il
separate building. of the same log con-
Structlon. and its walls are nearly coy
cred with the dressed skins of the wild
cat. fox. deer. skunk. etc. There are
moro than 200 skins, those Of the wild
cat predominating. These animals were
All shot or trapped in Pisgah forest.
There are also immense Gag les perchcd
| on the beams.
Noblcst View America Il ffords.
1t is two miles from this lodge to the
summit of PiS$ah. All the way there is
Il view which embraces scores OF miles,
There is IL trail to the top, which is very
accurately shaped cone. On it there is
barely room for four ponies and half Il,
| dozen people ON foot. 1t is $500 feet
above sea level and SO vast is the height
that it seems to the pilgrims thar they
are ON top Of a tower TO the eastward
lS BlltmOre house hanging iii the middle
distance like Aaddin's palace. snowy
white and vast, and quite near it is tree
empowered 4Ashevillc. twelve miles away
-Four counties corner on this peak. TO
the SouthWard there is the unbrokcn
mass Of piSgah forest to the east the
great and fertile valley of the French
Broad. Yet further eastward the cloud
touching wall of the Blue Ridge rises.
shutting out the world beyond. TO th..
westward is piled mountain upon noun
tain. and i'll that direction the view is
finally bounded by the Great Smokes.
WHICH tower like Il vcritable wall Of il
world. Within thlA Of ,r] y ,ftl
the continuation Of the great Appalachian
! system. There is no less than 4:} peaks.
| with an altitude Of more than 5000 feet.
these being in the Smoky. the RaSam
and the Black ranges. Mount Mitchell.
in the Black. dominates them all. with
ITS GIL feet OF altitude. In it's entirety
the view is one of the very noblest which
America affords. 1t is well worth the
..'pilgrnagc to Pisgah. "-CorreSpondcn> G
! IN Forrest and Strcam