Jack in the Rockies

the Yellowstone Park. Their animals carried only their provisions, messkit and bedding, and a skin lodge which Hugh had purchased from Fox Eye's wife. Their way led them through the beautiful Galla

in the Valley there were many antelope. In the Bridger Mountains, by which they passed, elk and deer were abunda

rout were abundant, and they greatly enjoyed

Mammoth Hot Springs. They reached these one night, and spent the next day wandering about them, marveling at the floods of hot water which poured over the many tiny falls, and deposited the lime which had built up the terraces of what

. It was a picturesque region, with grand mountains showing on every hand, yet nearby, a green level meadow, spang

was the recently discovered Norris Geyser Basin, and here they camped, and spent the day walking about among the hot springs, which at first were very awe-inspiring. In many of them there were old tree trunks and branches of trees, which, when taken out and examined, seemed to be partly turned to stone. Fine particles of a flinty material seemed to have penetrated all the pore

me afraid,

ning I was afraid pretty nearly every minute that I'd

ward the river intending to look at the Grand ca?o

Sulphur Mountain, a great barren hill, full of hot springs and sulphur vents, about which much sulphur had been deposited. Many fragments of the bright yellow mineral were strewn on the ground, and at one place Hugh noticed where two or three grass blades had fallen across one of the vents' and calling the boys' attention to this, they all dismounted to look at it. About these blades of grass, and on their slender heads, most delicate and beautiful crystals of s

rt rough rapids and then the tremendous falls. The great mass of dark water glided rather than plunged into the depths below, and just below the crest of the cataract was broken into white foam, which, furthe

ich they got from this tremendous body of water falling 150 feet sheer to the great basin below, and from under the mist cloud that hid the foot of the fall came out the narrow green ribbon of the river, winding and t

was reached. At one place that wall was so nearly perpendicular that it seemed as though a stone dropped from the edge of the cliff would fall at once into the water of the river. In another, the decomposing rock had been eaten away above until a talus of fallen rock and earth arose in a steep slope half way to the top. But to Jack's mind the glory of the ca?on was in its color. The walls glowed with a vivid intense radiance which is not less wonderful than beautiful. Br

below the falls, walked out on a projecting point of rock, and looked up and down the river. The more t

f those who stood on the edge of the ca?on, were great hawks-eagles, Hugh afterward said they were, but Jack recognized them as fish-hawks-and while they were standing there, one of these great birds brought a fish to the nest, and tearing it to piece

but at last, as the sun swung low, and the pangs of hunger began to be felt,

mud was fifty feet in diameter, the comparison was not a good one. All about, the trees were splashed with mud, which had dried on them, showing that at some time, not long before, there had been an eruption. Nearby, on the hillside, was a steam spring in a little cavern, which they had heard of as the Devil's Workshop. From this cavern came const

passed through pretty grassy meadows, and from them had charming views of the river, which grew wider as they approached the lake, and

and rank, and in the marshes, pond-holes and sloughs here, they saw many flocks of wild ducks and geese;

t in the streams that they had crossed, for fish are abundant everywhere in the mountains. When they made camp that night

mining it for a moment, cut into this bunch with his knife, and drew from it a long white worm. He got a dozen trout, but all of them seemed to be afflicted with this parasite, and finally p

worked in the Park, and he had been attracted to their camp by the fact that they had an Indian lodge. He was a pleasant man, and seemed quite willing to talk, and to answer all their questions, and very much interested in his work. After he and Hugh had talked together for a while, Jack ventured to ask some quest

answers to the outstretched thumb, and the south and southeast arms to the ring and little finger. If you are going to travel around it, you will feel that it is a lovely sheet of water. It is very picturesque, and in fair weather it lies here like a great sapphire beneath the unclouded sky. But when the storms come up, and the wind rolls down along the mountain sides, the lake can get up a great sea,

ca?ons. He told them that all this country was volcanic in origin, and that for some reason or other, which he did not know, the hea

time will come when thousands will gather here each summer, from all quarters of the world, to see its beauties. Geologically, it is most interesting, and already geologists from all ove

Indian lodge, is it? I've often read about them, but this is the first one I

ng, or if the air is damp and heavy, smoke often gathers in the top of the lodge, and a man standing in it finds about his head more than he likes. Stoop down a little bit and you will see that the