Several large islands certainly exist in the
lake; one of which is said to be mountainous, but not by any means to the extent required to furnish the series of peaks above mentioned.
From my window here in Bellaggio, I have a view of the other side of the
lake now, which is as beautiful as a picture.
Fort William, the scene of this important annual meeting, was a considerable village on the banks of
Lake Superior.
Daylight won across Chilcoot that same day, dropping down five hundred feet in the darkness and the flurrying snow to Crater
Lake, where he camped.
There Burton, who was completely worn out, lay ill for several months, during which time Speke made a push to the northward of more than three hundred miles, going as far as
Lake Okeracua, which he came in sight of on the 3d of August; but he could descry only the opening of it at latitude two degrees thirty minutes.
When they arrived there they went at once to the
Lake, and this time the lions did not stir, nor did the springs flow, and neither did the
Lake speak.
The Salt
Lake, seventy miles long and thirty-five wide, is situated three miles eight hundred feet above the sea.
Come on!" And he grasped his rifle and started on a run toward the
lake. It was over two miles, but we did not pause until the harbor was in view, and still we could not see the
lake because of the sandstone cliffs which intervened.
Looking back at the events of the night, I can recall but one consideration that stayed my feet on the fatal path which led back to the
lake. I still doubted whether it would be possible for such a swimmer as I was to drown himself.
"Yes, sir, I know there is a
lake under the Opera, but I don't know which door leads to it.
We were two days in gaining the
lake, and we were weak with hunger; but on its shore, sleeping snugly in a thicket, we found a part-grown calf.
The tenants of the
lake were far-famed for both their quantities and their quality, and the ice had hardly disappeared before numberless little boats were launched from the shores, and the lines of the fishermen were dropped into the inmost recesses of its deepest caverns, tempting the unwary animals with every variety of bait that the ingenuity or the art of man had invented.