Tallac and Pyramid are not in sight.

The fishing here is excellent, the water deep and cold and the lake large enough to give one all the exercise he needs in rowing.
On the summit of the Georgetown road one looks down upon the nearby placid bosom of Buck Island Lake.

It received this name from Hunsaker.
The lake is very irregular in shape, about a third of a mile long, and a quarter of a mile wide in its widest part.

Near one end is a small island.

Hunsaker found the deer swam over to this island to rest and sleep during the heat of the day, hence the name.
[Illustration: Angora Lakes, Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe ] [Illustration: White Cloud Falls, Cascade Lake] [Illustration: Upper Eagle Falls, Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe] The Little Rubicon river flows into Buck Island Lake and out again, and about two miles below Rubicon Springs the Georgetown road crosses the river at the foot of the lake.
With these two lakes, and others not far away, fine hunting and fishing, with several mountains nearby for climbing, the hotsprings, a fine table and good horses to ride it can well be understood that Rubicon Springs makes a delightful summer stopping-place.