A FORTUNATE CLOSE UP OF A MOUNTAIN GOAT

Mountain Goat have been seen a number of times this winter from the trail below Cougar Rock; that high rugged, natural fortress which serves as winter quarters for a band of these interesting animals. But no one this winter -- until Walter, Morwin and Robert Hewitt climbed the more accessible timbered slope to the west of the precipice -- had been favored by a close up view of them. These three boys suddenly found themselves on the crest of a high point and on a ledge just below and not more than fifteen feet away lay a Nanny and her kid sunning themselves, totally oblivious of the presence of human beings. It was an excellent opportunity for a picture but in maneuvering to get the animals to the best advantage they were frightening.

"We thought the little one was sure going over the cliff", they said, for he seemed to jump right out into space." But trust a Mountain Goat to take care of himself in such a locality. The kid scrambled down over the steep wall out of danger and was soon joined by its mother who had retreated to higher levels at the first sign of danger. And so, in a jiffy, these sure footed animals had disappeared behind another ledge of rock.

U.S. NAT'L PARK SERVICE INSIGNIA

BOOKS TO READ ABOUT MT. RAINIER.

Know your Parks before you visit them -- and that applies to any other region as well. Much valuable information concerning Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park is contained in Meaney's "Mt. Rainier, a Record of Exploration"; Schmoe's "Our Greatest Mountain"; Taylor and Shaw's, "Birds and Mammals of Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park"; Flett's "Flora of Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park"; Allen's "Forests of Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park" and "Mt. Rainier and Its Glaciers" by Matthes. The last four mentioned are government publications and may be procurred at small cost from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington D.C. A complete bibliography of literature on Mt. Rainier has been prepared and may be obtained by writing the Superintendent of Mt. Rainier National Park.