The doctor ordered him to bring the child up into the mountains.

Accompanied by an old friend, Barton Richardson, of the James Barton Key family of Philadelphia, he came up to Tallac, with the ailing child and its mother.

Being of active temperament he and Mr.Richardson scaled Mt.

Tallac, and in returning were much entranced by Fallen Leaf Lake.

Later Mr.Gilmore came to Fallen Leaf alone, wandering over its moraines and lingering by its shores to drink in its impressive and growingly-overpowering beauty.
In those days there was no road at the southern end of Fallen Leaf and the interested explorer was perforce led to follow the trails of bear, deer and other wild animals.