Wild Life on the Rockies

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Enos A. Mills. Wild Life on the Rockies

Wild Life on the Rockies

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Illustrations

Colorado Snow Observer

Colorado Snow Observer

The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine

The Story of a Thousand-Year Pine

The Beaver and his Works

The Beaver and his Works

The Wilds without Firearms

The Wilds without Firearms

A Watcher on the Heights

A Watcher on the Heights

Climbing Long's Peak

Climbing Long's Peak

Midget, the Return Horse

Midget, the Return Horse

Faithful Scotch

Faithful Scotch

Bob and Some Other Birds

Bob and Some Other Birds

Kinnikinick

Kinnikinick

The Lodge-Pole Pine

The Lodge-Pole Pine

Rocky Mountain Forests

Rocky Mountain Forests

Besieged by Bears

Besieged by Bears

Mountain Parks and Camp-Fires

Mountain Parks and Camp-Fires

Index

Index

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Enos A. Mills

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The tempest came on with deadly cold and almost blinding violence. The wind came with awful surges, and roared and boomed among the crags. The clouds dashed and seethed along the surface, shutting out all landmarks. I was every moment in fear of slipping or being blown over a precipice, but there was no shelter; I was on the roof of the continent, twelve thousand five hundred feet above sea-level, and to stop in the bitter cold meant death.

THE CREST OF THE CONTINENT IN WINTER, 13,000 FEET ABOVE SEA-LEVEL

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