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Show 1 AN IAI'MIUIMi tM'HUTID.N. A l'arty of I ntrlprlaing 1 il It cli n Inltnallig tonnlij. During the I ait iiimmer a syndicate or Northwciterncailtaliata and apecu-lafora apecu-lafora conceived thu plin of a survey through thecountryuorderlngon either aide tho lino acparatlnT our country from Ihe llrltlali iwMlona nnd some dlilance Inlaud, northeaatetly, Irom llelllngham Hay. Tho olject waa a ahoit lino of railway and thedlicov-ery thedlicov-ery and location of what-ever what-ever natunl wialtli Iho country might allord. Thu ex edition aa headid ly 1'rofiMora Houle and W. i: Harlow, of l.lgln, Illluola.andlt left for Ita destination In July laat, going northward an I taking Ihe Canadian Cana-dian Pacific weit. Leavlni; that route at the .)lnt or Ita Intellection by the lhdlliigham Hay road, Iho litter julnt waa made nnd tho iqul'tniutof the company comt'iUd Taking a boat Ihey then ro-ciided ro-ciided due north to Bumia City 01 nee ri-chrlateued "illalne" we believe), be-lieve), which only twapea the llrltlali Hue by the trllle of two rod, so that tlure cannot lie much apnadlng north ward ot tho placo without dialing probably an awkward Jurisdictional meatlou. They then look to the Nookuchk Itlveranl maJe their way up It till airlvlng at the Uaclal watera of Mount lltker, proceeding thencu lu thoreoflhe glacier ol Jlouut Hulikan I-rom thla lime on, thu trip waa a very dinicull not to aay danger ua one. Klpally they wire compelled to abandon thtir aik nnlmala and a wn waa heacd through Ice, mow and other oUtadei, Mmetimea .moving forward handHivirhaiidunlllthe circular and cil aialnnllaof aolll Ice atanllngup vertically from the atreani actually for bade furlber I rogri'M, ilnco uo nuiuuut of englneirlng skill or tiathegonlua aided by whatever degrte uf hardihood and nerve could enat le a human being tuacalethu lielcliU. Thla waa away liejvud ludlanalgua or where an Indian In-dian would care to enture, aluce the larly'a hewn path through thu solitudes soli-tudes waa fuit-two mil. In length Involving the hardeat kind of loll, innumerable in-numerable hardships and no I tile Inventive appllcitiou. lu places they felled tries across tho glaccal water to permit a aa fagofiom ulie aide bt the atrcaiu to thoothcrlntrJir logaln a llttlu iro-grera, iro-grera, tail had reached the "end of tho Uther"wheii the great white wall, without the allghteat degree ot xalla tlon frvni the U right flood out t rlahtly but forblddlogh against the Itaden iky Olll lOIbiUUIUKl HKIUIltUD KMUrU Ikj Uynud. riioro who admlru tho grand an 1 1 in raenaeiii naturu'a uulrowtha, nllilt lnealid with conditions and clriuin atances 1 recludlng comfort If nol safety, would doutiteaa bo enraptured with aucb n view aa 1-iy before Ibtpo exilorera when they founl their jrogrefaall at once and couclualvely cut oft. Tho water lluugea limill down from giddy helghti, Jumlug from terrace to terrace lu thu chatma which Itself haa cut, anu making In plaice more than -UO nether feet at a bound. The glachr moea very slowly an Inch or ao l k Mm... but vrlivn It doea miva It makes the; aurrouodlng ground vibrate as II In the grasp of a violent lartli-quake. lartli-quake. The arty wero "treated" to oueof thtaemoveineuta while In lied at night, and thought at flrat It waa an i arthquakr, liut the truealtuutlon soon dawned upon them. The waterot Iho atreama Is almost pirficlly white, being thuioughly lm-prignated lm-prignated with chalky mineral aub atancu. The r arty foiilnl some little pold aodalite, also matigaui-aeuli hur,4ita dam aud aome other Inferior mlnerala. Tin re are Mine tliea from eight to ten ft et in thltknt ps.muctt of thedlameter, In moat , retultlug Irom tin iiiisi uhMieverynhiiels luxuriant loan umipialedexleiit. On some trees Ilia four feet thick, and thero are vast bed of It upon which large treea hau grown, Ita Ihl kmaa Mng ao gnat that the roota of the tmaliae probably never ei connlered the eartli lu their ramification., but have dirlved their tuoliture and auitenance through the capillary qualities nf the inota liaelf. As woultrful and forblJdlng aa Is the entire face ol nature In thatvaat fcrrd tficonffa, It cuuld not entirely ovirawethe veuturjua-.plrited among our race, aa at the iwlnt whtru the fait commenced ita work of he!ug a raasi,e, n )oung man an I htj wlfo had made themael via a cabin houie, where the snow hai I ein cleared and the natural warruth of the toll ha 1 actually enabled thtui toraUe vtgetablta. A atrange location to make nu ablilmr t Ucu in truly, and ct theyreemed to preftr It to any other, ltallireateaatralnof thought width luhihtai well bu derailed tint aa laat. Ihe Icaauru of tho eiejitHll tlon at aeelng their own kind In audi an out of (he way aput was not In tho least dlinlnlihtd by the aldltlonal pre-ence of a few wteks old baby, horn to the hapiy couilu lu their atrangu habitation. It waa, on the who.!, a trying anl hazsrdouatrip, tucli aa no onn ofthe tarty laanxlotia to repiat. Mr. liar low, through whoao affability we ob-talncdthraedata, ob-talncdthraedata, la now In thla illy, having arrlted here dliectly from Ida trip, afew da) a ago, Hla wlfo haa Joined him here and they will remain till firing, wl.cn lie may undertake something In tho line of exploration In Jess rlgoroua locallth-a. llu apeaka with tho tri t dom and llueucy uf a man ot talent and education and evidently Is a matter of Ida calling. |