Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BEYOND THE WEST.
nriot estimate the surface of the water to be more
than two or three hundred feet below the summitof
the surrounding bluffs, aind it is only after a steady
look almost perpendicularly down into the water, that
you begin to comprehend the distance. In looking
down into the lake, the vision seems to stop before
reaching the bottom; and, to use a common expression, you have to look twice before reaching the bottom. Heretofore, it has been thought by those who
have visited the lake, that it was impossible to get
to the water; and this was also my impression at first
sight, and I should have been contented to remain
on the summit, and view its beauties from that point,
without attempting to get to the water; but Sergeant Stearns and Mr. Ford, who, after gazing a
while from the top, disappeared over the precipice.
and in a few minutes were at the bottom near the
water's edge, where no human being ever stood before. Their shouts induced Mr. Coats and myself
to attempt the feat, which is in fact only perilous it
imagination.
"A spring of water bursts out of the mountain near
the top, on the side where we were, and by following down the channel which the water has maide,.a
good footing may be established all the way down.
Ill all probability, this is the only place in the whole
circumference where the lake is accessible, althougli
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