CHAPTER XV.

_The Pleasures of the Natural Sciences—Interior of the Earth—Thickness of the Crust—Origin and Cause of Mountains—Their Age and Slow Growth—System in Mountain Arrangement—The Cordilleran System—The Canadian Rockies—Comparison with Other Mountain Regions—Climate—Cause of Chinook Winds—Effect of High Latitude on Sun and Moon—Principal Game Animals—Nature of the Forests—Mountain Lakes—Camp Experiences—Effect on the Character_ 258-275

Index 277-283

FULL-PAGE PHOTOGRAVURES.

Page Mount Assiniboine _Frontispiece_ Banff Springs Hotel 4 Bow River and Cascade Mountain 10 Lake Louise 18 Mount Lefroy and Mirror Lake 38 Lake Agnes (In early July, 1895) 42 Tom Chiniquy (By courtesy of Mr. S. B. Thompson, New Westminster, B. C.) 50 Mount Temple, from the Saddle 78 Discovery of Paradise Valley 92 Camp in Paradise Valley 108 Mount Sir Donald, from Eagle Peak 126 Head of Rocky Mountain Sheep 132 North Lake 152 Summit Lake, near Mount Assiniboine 154 Head of Rocky Mountain Goat (Shot July 18, 1895) 164 The Waputehk Range (Looking across the range from near Hector) 184 Mount Daly 192 Upper Bow Lake (Looking east) 196 Upper Bow Lake (Looking west) 200 Source of the Little Fork of the Saskatchewan River 206 Storm in Little Fork Valley 208 Mount Hector and Slate Mountains (From summit of a mountain near Little Fork Pass, 10,125 feet in altitude) 210 Camp at Little Fork Pass 212 Upper Bow Lake (Looking south) 270 Emerald Lake and Mount Field 272

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

PAGE Rundle Mountain and Bow River 15 Lake Louise (Looking toward chalet) 31 Anemones 40 A Cool Retreat in the Forest 75 Summit of Mount Temple 115 Glacier House 120 Peyto 140 Packing the Buckskin 142 Calypso 143 Approaching the Pass 149 North Lake (Looking northwest) 157 Haunt of the Mountain Goat 165 Mount Assiniboine (From northwest) 167 Lake on Vermilion Pass 181 Ready to March 186 Camp at Upper Bow Lake 202 The “Bay” 214 Falls of Leanchoil 249

CAMPING IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.