A spring of pure cold water on the right, about a mile out, tempts us to a delicious morning draught.
A little further down is "Pap." Church's "Devil's Playground," "Devil's Post," and devil's this, that and the other, out of which he gained considerable satisfaction while driving stage-coach between Truckee and Tahoe in the days before the railroad.
It is well carefully to observe these singular lava puddingstone masses, for, according to the theory of John Le Conte, the eminent physicist, recounted in another chapter, these were the restraining masses that made the Lake at one time eighty or a hundred feet higher than it is to-day.
Four miles from the Tavern we pass Engineer Von Schmidt's old dam, for the history of which see the chapter on "The Truckee River." Near Deer Park Station is another spring on the right.

In the old stage days "Pap." Church always stopped here and gave his passengers the opportunity to drink of the water, while he made discourse as to its remarkable coldness.

Five years ago a land slide completely buried it, and the road had to be cut through again.

Ever since the spring has been partially clogged and does not flow freely, but it is cold enough to make one's teeth ache.
In the winter of 1881-2 a land-and-snow-slide occurred a little beyond Deer Park Station.

Watson was carrying the mail on snow-shoes at the time and saw it.