. Haynes' Guide to Yellowstone Park. Son contenu en cours d'ébullition , thrownin une pulvérisation fine, se mêlait à la vapeur, à une hauteur d'sixtyfeet. Le chef de la beauté de ce geyser se trouve dans son cône^ce qui est rayé verticalement avec les bandes de blanc, laven-der et Brown, entremêlées de plusieurs tons de jaune-faible, et est complètement recouvert d'un endlessvariety près de elegant pearl-comme des perles. En laissant le Madi-fils la route dévie de l'Orient et l'withgradual chmbs, ascension, à l'abri de l'eau continentale. Le firsttwo miles il traverse l'enroulement, canyon rocheux ofSpring Creek, et enfin atteint la

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. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. , its boiling contents being thrownin a fine spray, mingled with steam, to a height of sixtyfeet. The chief beauty of this geyser lies in its cone^which is striped vertically with bands of white, laven-der and brown, intermixed with varying shades of yel-low, and is completely covered with an almost endlessvariety of elegant pearl-like beads. In leaving the Madi-son the road deflects to the eastward and chmbs, withgradual ascent, to the continental water-shed. The firsttwo miles it traverses the winding, rocky canyon ofSpring Creek, and finally reaches the summit at CraigPass, a narrow, rocky gorge hemmed in by precipitousclififs. Norris Pass, through which the trail leads toShoshone Lake, is less than a quarter of a mile to thesouth. Shoshone Point, about half way between the UpperBasin and Thumb Bay (Yellowstone Lake), affordsone of the most commanding views of the ride. It over-looks Shoshone Lake and its beautiful valley surround-ed by heavily timbered slopes. Shoshone Lake has an. 8o YDlvIvOWSTONE NATIONAI, PARK. area of about a dozen square miles, with an irregular shore line. ShoshoneGeyser Basin, situatedon the west shore ofthe lake, has severallarge geysers and nu-m e r o u s interestingsprings; it is reached bytrail from the Lone Star TETON MOUNTAINS. CcVSer On a clear day from Shoshone Point may be seen thethree snow-capped Sentinels of the Teton Mountainsfifty miles distant, that form a portion of the boundarybetween the states of Wyoming and Idaho, their dizzyheights, full 14, 000 feet, overtopping all other peaks ofthe Rockies. From Shoshone Point the drive is less attractive;however, it again crosses the continental divide at apass- so level that it is difficult to know when thesummit is really reached. Lake View—A mile from the lunch station at Yel-lowstone Lake, one catches the first glimpse of thisbeautiful sheet of water. From this point Mr. DavidE. Folsom, of the Folsom and Cook exploring party in1869, says:

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