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Show ' IJXI'LOUIKO ALASKA. THP.lU.INO EXPERIENCES 01 A PARTY CF SCIENTIST8. flis SllaBfa IjinJ ot th Vr NaMliwalt Has JI7 hltinlln JVielnret Las-arlaat Las-arlaat y.I.l.ll nk.t. Ih.ia It N. Ic.-M. Ella .N.I. t.lo.i... Mr. Israel C Rnwll liaa relornM to WaeLluRtoc from that region of 1Urn.1l Ics sti I mow la Alttlia, uliero Iho high lit IaV In North Aiuettci rls torn aitltule of M.'iO) feet from a flieler 1 OOOtiaaroiulloslri area awl as til' as til thuts nt lh Alp put tufiotlur. Alonir tit eeljrn of the irlacicr, nil tho nr from Icj bay to YaVutat Iny, tliers extends n strip rf Kreencwist wlilrlrls rotored villi ltutirlsnt M-Kttsllr.n titrate Wry tines coier tlin grouail for alio, anl the rnlant fields are rt.l deifd. m far as tboeyocati rtaclnrttli luscious fruit, which cowiwerort faleir nldy In point of kite and fluror with the flnnst grown In traiprrata latltndes. 'Ilicro are liiicUeltfrrlca, too, and "sal jnon berries," wldch are something bo-twecn bo-twecn blackberries an 1 rorpberrlei, but cf plant rife, measuring nearly two Indus In diameter. All liio lowlands urn carpeted with Tloltte, buttercup jellow monkey Howeis an J otber wild llMvjrni. Hero and there, In tho rnllst of the rait les Belds, nro tbo lorrllcst gardens fratelr 1 by ths melting now. Tliera ant plenty of gristly bears in the vlcluUr of Mount bt. Ellas, bnt Mr. Ituuell diViot tin 1 tbetn erjr dangerous. danger-ous. He ta)i that Ms encounters with tlicln reminded him of Milling ril,c. Ot brown and black bean bo uv and slot n grrat many, Thoeipcdltlon met with enoitc.li rts, hon orer, to tatltiy ths most adventurous geographical ciplor-rrs. ciplor-rrs. Nearly all of tho climbing bad to b done np steep walls of lev and snow by cnttlug step. At almost nu tlmo n clip vroiil 1 bare precipitated tho party down tho frozen precipices thousand of feck On onu occasion they wero do-(lending do-(lending when theyouud tint an ara-lancho ara-lancho ha 1 carried u ay tho stcs which tby b i tnads In going op. 1 ln lm-1 lm-1 rifiuptti alalrcaeo waa destroyed for & feet, and tboy baa to lower a man by a rope to chop out another, there Ulnjr lo ulliir way nf getting donu. Buch nccI-denta nccI-denta aa this wers not uncommon. liitxcncibTII cecai'O. Avalanches were continually falling, ruihlng down tho 1onva villi tho i-td of railway tralna and nlth a roar I.Vo thunder that cculd lm board twenty luilua uway, Ouo night nboit 13 o'clock tlia jmrty wm pa.nlnj orer n lal jlnco In tho Agaxla glacier. Two men ero lu tho leal drawlrg n rr& Huddeidy tl.cy llailirsd from eight, bating fallen IntoiitMUiv lu tho ice Lucall)' thiy Worn caught upon a pmjectitg llgunt tho depth of ubont twenty fiwt, ile tbiy Mould never hare been eoon ngmu Tiwy were battled out ith ropM. Iho next day in tho aanei mighUrboud Jlr. lluuell cbancod to look lhlnd blui and r iw that the loo field crcr nhleli ho lil juit piitrtd wat gonu, Icavlug an inor-tnoua inor-tnoua holo of uuknntwi dopth. Another tlmo ouo ot hie men tumbled intoacree-Ui, intoacree-Ui, and aa only wul by thn jack fastened to Ml shoulder, which loter-rotl loter-rotl hll pnfresa tl rough a twl.t it the froien tunnel that had yawned fur lilru ThoAgawlx s'a'lerls ouo of tho four (jreal gUvciers which, togetlK r t ItU about u thousand rulall oties, flow out f nun th3 luounKlnaAtlho north to tho mighty Mala'plna glacier, pouriiig tbclr streams oflco continually into this at fnson aea. This glacier of Malwplna, from l,S00tof,UD foot tllck. Is IntcrMluig, not merely becausoof Itaiuoruionseite, but cl.o by reason of the fact Hut It is tho only ono tio In ulsluiico of tUi aiuw type as Uii glacier which formerly tutued all cf this continent at far south us Philadelphia aul St, IauIp, I-avio.-tracts that cnt l.lllj to this day in I eciatcbesou thirockr x ui.icuL iinu. Where the land in that region Is baro of lie IhoegeUtloii attains an nluost tripical luiuriancc, mid tho Aretlo Juuglesare well lile.li Imrnwable to tho explorer, Ouo of tho chief obstacles encountered en-countered In threallng them I ni lane known as tho "ouvil'sclub," w hleli grows to a height lit ten or fifteen feet, its items running along tho ground fer some distance dis-tance and then turning upward, i.rer) part ef its surface, even to tho ribs of J the leaves, Is thickly sit with ilues, which lullict paluf ul v. oundi, au 1 En ik ing oil In tho flesh i uuio festering a jres. In the Lucia glacier occurs a most Inter-i Inter-i sting feature ill tbo shape, of n glacial riier whlili comes out from a monntaln through nu archway of leu, Hows, for a inllo and a half In i lain xiuw, und then Is lost to sight In another tunnel. hero tho stream emerges Anally is unlinon n. No oiplorer ban as yet bn u lld enough lo inter tho tunnel and drift thtough, after tbo fashion of Allau Quatcriuoln an 1 Umsloiwgans. The greatest rlek lu such an uuilerlaklng wotil 1 bo from fall-ldg fall-ldg blocks uf Ico. At tbo mouth ot tho I tunnel thero are always, confuted noises aul rh)tl.mlo vibrations t bo heard from tho dark recesses wlthlu. Tho nlr islltlel with pulsations like deep organ notes, and It require but lltllo Inisglns tlon tu transform theso strange sounds into tho voices aud songs of Inhsbltants (ftlionetbcr world It used to bo sup-po.el sup-po.el thatMountlit. ElltsnasaTolcano, nud ssa captains tailing on tho 1'oclSo lure ofteii beheld what they imagined to lu tmoko iuultig ftoin Its auunilti but this isamirtako, audltlsprobablo that the nllered smoke win really ara lancho dust blovrn ujiwurl by the winl Washington Cor. Mew York buu. |