that he had no means of providing himself with food. During the
snow-storm he got along by building a shelter of pine boughs
over a warm spring. For forty days he lived on roots, and two
minnows, which he caught in his hat. He tried to eat
grasshoppers, but he found their jumping propensities were not
confined to a living state; for he had no sooner swallowed one
than it cleared his throat with a bound. It was weeks after his
rescue before he fully recovered his strength. His escape from a
terrible death was almost marvelous. Our last camp on the lake
was near the extremity of the south-west arm. Close by us was a
collection of warm springs--the largest, most numerous, varied,
and peculiar which we had then discovered. Several were from
fifty to eighty feet in length, by from twenty to fifty in
width. The water was generally clear, and of great depth. All
were hot, but of different temperatures. Around the larger ones
the ground was marshy, and largely composed of a reddish earth,
which looked like wet brick-