AND PACIFIC COAST GUIDE.

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SEALS AND SEA LIONS AT FARALLONES ISLANDS, BELOW SAN FRANCISCO.

ever, surrounded by TONE prairie land,
and seems to rise boldly from it, rough,
rugged and alone. On the west side, the
summit is easily reached by a good road,
made by the lumbermen. The mountain
is nearly round, about six miles in diame-
ter at its base. Its sides are covered with
dense forests of pine, aspen and hemlock.
It is worthy of note, that this is the only
point where the latter species of timber
is found along the line of theroad. It
grows in profusion with the spruce in the
gorges, near the summit.

To the south is a fine valley, about 15
miles wide and 20 mileslong. Pass Creek,
which rises in the Medicine Bow Moun-
tains, runs through this valley on its
way to the North Platte River. Large

quantities of hay are cut in the bottom
lands along the creek. This stream, like
all others which rise in this range, is full
of fine trout and other fish. Antelope
abound on the plain, with elk, deer, bears
and mountain sheep, while mountain lions
find their homes in the dark ravines and
gloomy gorges of the mountain.

Dana—is an unimportant station 6
1-10 miles west of Percy. From Percy to
the North Platte River, 29 miles, the road
is built down the valley of an alkali ravine.
Sage-brush and stagnant pools of alkali
water are the only objects that greet the
eye—an unpleasant greeting, it must be
confessed.

St. Mary’s—is 7 5-10 miles from
Dana. Soon after leaving the station, our