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Show l'A.M.UITtll, I Dwrlullte lricti of Hit Ulu and Vurronmllngi. tMor Vttrcf .Vf in: Ihrouglithekluitheia of I'n.Ufiitt Mahonrl M.Hteelo and David Cam eron, I tame to Ihlt romantic epol lu Ihe mounUlna laat night. In comny Willi Ilrother HUole. lavlug ran gullch for the lake, wo travel eon Hi up Ihetloi-oofalow moiinlilii for ttveral mllrt, lowing Ihrcugli furolt of cedar and then turn to the wot up through a romantic canyon, on either tldo of which grow itately lnea with an nndtrgrowth of quaking '! and otdara. Iteachlngtliel'angulUlirretk ami croKilnj tho aame twice, In follow. Ingltupfortovcral mllrt, wo finally reaclilhoaiimmltola low mountain ridge, where ono of the niott beautiful landfcti that ran lie met w Ith In the Itucky MounUlna tuddeuly bur.lt Into ew, fur there, light at our fret, Ilia one of Ihe fliirtt thrtltof walirlu America, turrodiidnl by fwreat-coverrd inouulaliit wboae inow-ca'el turn-milt turn-milt are rrllected In tliolutlful train-renl train-renl water. Thu I'angullrli lake la alviut two nillea long Irom ra.lbi wot and a llltle nveronemllelc width. It haa well ilellnvd thorea all arouiiJ, I ut while ll wai-hia the luonulalu bam mi the iioillitlde.llieie la n narrow elrlpof Uach Itud on the etit and touth, tloi-lug tloi-lug gently towanl the inouiiltlna. whiles email lody of nua-liw land klrla lit thorea on the w rat. The lake, of wlih h Iho altitude It about MM fret, abotindt lu flnu mountain trout, which made It n favorite ritort for Ihe led man of tin, mountain. In .t )iara,aaalaoofllie whllit. I'anguilcli itthe Indian nainii for flih. A number of torlea havo lTn circulated cir-culated about the euurmotia del Hi of the lake, touie chlmltig It to lio nl moat holtomle lii aume lacee. but our friend, Ilrother liven, who liaallvrl on Ihe like thoiefor many jeaiaaul 1 nuwt every no ik nud torner of ll, a, uriaut that llieaciagedelh It not over forty l(ct. The duel! rlaru bo hat over been able to find did not ex reed llfiy leet. T lure ttrcAint of tsin tlderable lro aud teverat tuialUr niiet Ihat ceaae to How In tho lattir lt ol thu 111111111(1) feed Ihe Uke. Ihe largeat of three, called lllue Hiring creek, rt In Irom the toulh; eat Canyon creek comet In from thu mountain on tho wetland Ibeeucreek, named aflrr Ilrother lleen, whim-ram whim-ram li tiandi neiir lit continence with Iho Ukc, ult In from llm north. The outlttiraiutultilMirtk) It at llioix-treine llioix-treine uortlieaal comer. Hero Ihe Koial tv lo of raugtillcti have ulll a dam conabllngof aolld muon. ry of rock, wblrh ran back up tho water till fttt, but hat far only neon taxed lo the rapacity uf ralalng II Kevin fret. It Unuuof Iho uioel uiccritlil dame ever built; and Major t'owtll la reuilrd luhavxwld once thai the rAngultrh take wua thu licet natural riavrvolr within the bordert of Iho United Hlatee, an I be, ly actual ine-uui, merit, caiiio tn tho rouclnalou Ihat the water III Ihe lake could be ralMxl thirty live fttt by I iilldlng a damtuveiily Icel long aero., the outlet. The ireaent dam, wlilcli It Ihe ro. dud of rmldelit JeaeeW. ('real y'a frtif.al mind, waa built In 1M3, ata cuat of aloutlliH. The wall It tlgbtitn feet Ihlrk at the hotbmi and ten feet on Ihe top: ll It built twelve feet high from the bottom of the rrtek and fifty feet long. The natural channel nf Ihe oulltt cult through a ledge of eolld rock for a dlataiice of n quarter ol a mile. There It lerpendluilar rock walla on both tide, aiidtbeatieam lea over three rcclplce', making Ihat many rataraiU, the lower an I largeatoneof which It about twenty, five feel high, l.merglng fmni lit nairuw channel at Ihlt ulnt, tho I'anguilcli cm V wlnda lit way through a flue canyon until It reachee the valley val-ley Ulow, where It It uaul for Irrigation Irriga-tion irjttea ly the, rangullrli t-(ii le. Ill lliotiiinriirr llnio the rangullrli lake It a favorite lare of rrtoit lur Ihe oi leof I'arowan, Heaver, l'augultrli and other aetllemenltiWhoiK-caaliinally galhtr here lo celebrate 1 udeit ndeiiie da) an I I'Ioiih r day, A great nuinltir of tourhta from a dlatame alto vlalt hen,lurluJlngaiiumberofthelendlug men of Ihe Church, who liao ald frequent vl.lla lo the Ule. Willi their famlllra. Thocllmalalii llioliotiiim. mi r monthi It very leatanl; tho nlglii alrltexcee-lingly pure and Invigorating, Invigorat-ing, aud Ihe water lu Ihe mountain ttrenmt mttlng Into the lake very good. Il l, however, quite muddy at Hint; lu fart, the wind either hi iwa quite hard orelae It la a peifect calm. IheHlnleit am iiaually very cold and drrary Huow fallt to the del 111 of maiiy fret, and Ihe Ice on the lake haa a thlekncM of IhrA, fret or more. II friena every month of tho year, an I only three daya ago Mm lun-n broke olllclclea from thereof ol herhouaa Ihat ineaiured aeveral Inchea In length, rhrreare ovir a dcicn ranihtaon Ihe lake thoro or lu lit Immediate vicinity, l-ut, with theexrei tlon of two or Hirer, they are all deterted In the winter inoiillit, Jamea Montague kfe a aort of a hotel al hla rauiti, loralrd on the touth tide ol Ilia lake, aud near lilt i lacu aorne 1'arowau 4o I le have bull! a daiulngnr aiuuaeiiienl hall, which It uaed for dlllVn nt klndt of entertainment In the an miner. The I'anguilcli lake lanuot, Ilka Hear laku In the nuith, luaat of Ha niouttert. llrothtr lleu Mldhawaa thegrratett niomtor around the lake, and hit nvrragu weight It only :'M iwuudt. Hut llrolher Hteelo told of a letlnlli "flail" whkh Ilia llalcr caught wlnimliigln the Ukoinanyytaran.il, "whn" wat tlx feet "long,'' hit other iianiewwJweili. Ottierwhe the lino luouutalutrouiwlilili ahounda In the jako aeldom excemlt line and a half i.iuuilalu wilght. IheUrgitt Ilrother IImii over imught weight 1 thne itmudi, Atthltllmeof the ir the m r face of Ihe lake It covered with durktaudmul hint. Ihawirmuhdlngmounlalniare rav. ireil with the dlllereiit kluda of Int-, ipiaklngup, n-dar, uiahogny an I thrvp- Aocordlug bi rewru there were M,(m) of the latter grating In the Immeillile vl( hilly if Iho laxe latt trimmer. Tlicre are alto a large num U r of hone t aud rattle feeding on Ihe mountain tloiti. About two mllri toulh of the lake la a fine little valley railed Little valley or lllue Hnrlcgt valley. At the foot of Ihe mountain! bordering Ihlt valley on Ihe toulh It one of the largot aud niott peculiar airlnga I haveever ireu. A tlream, wlilcli at once la Urge enough birunagiM mill, arltea from a pond rlrcillur in form, whli h Imu dejOi nl llfly fiel In the middle, la alwul 160 frit lu dlameler and tur rvuuJod by blulTt. The wattr lu Uilt I f vnd It bliilth In color, a fact which hat undoubtedly luggtitrd thonamn It laare lllue tiring The creek whkh latuca thenfrnni la almcAlled lllue creek; but unlike tho lllue trrlngt In llox J.lder coiinly, wheio the water It trackltli and bad, the water In thlt lllue ring It of Iho ll an I tiri-et that tan bo found lu tho mounlAtiit. 1-eavlug the lake at the weal en 1 and proo nllng about tlx nillcw un Wirt canyon the traveler naihea the turn-mil turn-mil of Ihe mouhtalna enl of I'arowan, from which one of lliegnndett alghta and pioat Itiagullleeiil vlewa It had. Ihe wholo country weetwanl, Includ Ing Ihn 1-arnlaiilo ili-.tr t. and at far at the l'lorhe iiiountalna, In Nevada, la hervexiamtl to vltw, and the nitmlitr of mountain iakt tint ran Ik-counted from Ihlt lut la aim; ly aatonlthliaj riiianiornlug, when llrothtr Hlieln drove arnund the writ end of the lake with Ihe ham, Ilrother I tot n and t rownl a Itinl acroti lit plmbl walerr. Ifthe mint) from the there orn nelgbltirlng tak la grand and aw. In. Irhig, the view obtained from the centre of Hie Itko It ilonlly eo. The trairetit water, In which the inouu. talus tail their ehalowt all anaiud, the nuiiieroua craga, rllirt, maatiru rock wallt, ran) one, imadowa, foreaui, and Ihe rattle Mll a Ihouaauil llllla, whlihgmlathn r)e lu eviry tllrra. llou, Itll. eveiy admirer of Iho wonderful wonder-ful crrallona of Ihe Almighty Willi lolly an I tubllme thought, an I llllt the hearth with reaj.eilanil revirenco for lllrn who creatdl "the heavint and earth, the tea and tbefuiiiitalntol walir" Anihiu Je,NM,s, 1'ANi riTCII Laki (lurllildlvuiily, UIaIi. JiirieJIh. I VII |