The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . ot at all a difficult matter, but one that mighthave proved so had the town been more permanent in its character. Ashort ride brought the party to the Mammoth Springs, and here anillustration occurred of the confidence the natives have either in theirability to right themselves in case of betrayed trust, or else their greattrust in human nature. On the way one of the party dropped his rifle and broke the stockbadly. When we came to Yankee Jims, that worthy loaned our friend afine heavy breechloading revolver, and when he was joked with the fact A Nat
The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone . ot at all a difficult matter, but one that mighthave proved so had the town been more permanent in its character. Ashort ride brought the party to the Mammoth Springs, and here anillustration occurred of the confidence the natives have either in theirability to right themselves in case of betrayed trust, or else their greattrust in human nature. On the way one of the party dropped his rifle and broke the stockbadly. When we came to Yankee Jims, that worthy loaned our friend afine heavy breechloading revolver, and when he was joked with the fact A Natural Bath Tub. 205 that he would never see his revolver again, he said he knew a man when hesaw him. Here again at Mammoth Springs the same trust was had been advised to leave all our money and valuables behind us, andthe writer had but a few dollars and a draft on a bank. Some man he wasintroduced to offered to cash this draft, which was nearly 100 dols., and didso. Our wayside friend took us up the various terraces formed by the. Fig. 139. A Basin Formation. overflowing of the hot water and the deposition of the soda held in solutionuntil mound after mound has arisen. In many cases the deposits formnatural bath tubs of hot water. The bath-houses were primitive, beingmade of rough plank, and the method of ascertaining if they were vacantwas equally primitive ; you simply looked in, and if there was no occupantit was yours till you wanted to get out. Our friend looked upon theseadjuncts of pressing civilisation with scorn and said he could show usnatural bath tubs far better. So we climbed the third terrace, the whiteglistening soda being more trying to the eyes than snow, and finally found 206 Tlie Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone. a natural formation just long enough for a man to lie down in. The sensa-tion was most delightful. The water was quite hot enough to be soothing,and the natural tendency would have been to go to sleep, but there was onlyone tub there,
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