is navigable for small steamers a hundred and fifty
miles to Glenora, and sometimes to Telegraph Creek,
fifteen miles farther. It first pursues a westerly course
through grassy plains darkene d here and there with
groves of spruce and pine; then, curving southward
and receiving numerous tributaries from the north, it
enters the Coast Range, and sweeps across it through
a magnificent cañon three thousand to five thousand
feet deep, and more than a hundred miles long. The
majestic cliffs and mountains forming the cañon-
walls display endless variety of form and sculpture,
and are wonderfully adorned and enlivened with
glaciers and waterfalls, while throughout almost its
whole extent the floor is a flowery landscape garden,
like Yosemite. The most striking features are the
glaciers, hanging over the cliffs, descending the side
cañons and pushing forward to the river, greatly en-
hancing the wild beauty of all the others.

Gliding along the swift-flowing river, the views
change with bewildering rapidity. Wonderful, too,
are the changes dependent on the seasons and the
weather. In spring, when the snow is melting fast,
you enjoy the countless rejoicing waterfalls; the
gentle breathing of warm winds; the colors of the
young leaves and flowers when the bees are busy and
wafts of fragrance are drifting hither and thither
from miles of wild roses, clover, and honeysuckle; the
swaths of birch and willow on the lower slopes follow-
ing the melting of the winter avalanche snow-banks;
the bossy cumuli swelling in white and purple piles
above the highest peaks; gray rain-clouds wreathing

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