. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. di^^dtt^tfiHiak TOUR OF THE PARK. ^ 47 derful paint pots. This remarkable mud caldron has abasin which measures 40x60 feet with a mud rim onthree sides, which is from four to five feet in height. Inthis basin is a mass of fine, whitish substance which isin a state of constant agitation. It resembles some vastboiling pot of paint or bed of mortar with numerouspoints of ebullition; and the constant boiling has re-duced the contents to a throughly mixed mass ofsilicious clay. There is a continuous bubbling up ofmud, producing sounds like a hoarsely whisperedpl
. Haynes' guide to Yellowstone Park. di^^dtt^tfiHiak TOUR OF THE PARK. ^ 47 derful paint pots. This remarkable mud caldron has abasin which measures 40x60 feet with a mud rim onthree sides, which is from four to five feet in height. Inthis basin is a mass of fine, whitish substance which isin a state of constant agitation. It resembles some vastboiling pot of paint or bed of mortar with numerouspoints of ebullition; and the constant boiling has re-duced the contents to a throughly mixed mass ofsilicious clay. There is a continuous bubbling up ofmud, producing sounds like a hoarsely whisperedplop-plop, which rises in hemispherical masses,cones, rings and jets. On the north side of the mudbasin the rim is low and forms the edge of a Hat of pinkand red, which is cracked and seamed, and over whichare scattered thirty or forty mud cones, generally of apink and rose color—though a few are gray—averag-ing from two to three feet in height. There are two roads from the Fountain Hotel toExcelsior Geyser—one leading west and
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