What to see in America . n quickly run if there is need. The somewhat extensive peninsula west of Puget Sound isdominated by the precipitous and heavily snow-cappedOlympic ^Nloun-tains. The lowerslopes of theseheights are heav-ily forested withgigantic trees,many of whichare luxuriantlydraped andbearded withmoss. The open-ness which char-acterizes theSierra and Rocky^lountain forests is liere lacking, and the undergrowth is agloomy jungle of vines, bushes, huge ferns, and wild tree trunks lie scattered about. Some fell centuriesago and are water-soaked and half rotten. Here and t
What to see in America . n quickly run if there is need. The somewhat extensive peninsula west of Puget Sound isdominated by the precipitous and heavily snow-cappedOlympic ^Nloun-tains. The lowerslopes of theseheights are heav-ily forested withgigantic trees,many of whichare luxuriantlydraped andbearded withmoss. The open-ness which char-acterizes theSierra and Rocky^lountain forests is liere lacking, and the undergrowth is agloomy jungle of vines, bushes, huge ferns, and wild tree trunks lie scattered about. Some fell centuriesago and are water-soaked and half rotten. Here and therea living tree scores of years old is standing on a fallen is an extremely difficult region to penetrate. The explorerhas to chop his way as he advances, and until recent yearseven the trappers were content to work around its outskirts,and the prospectors too passed it by. The timber line is atan altitude of 5500 feet. It is kept low by the excessive snow-fall. Mt. Olympus, 8250 feet high, is the monarch of the. Road in < )lympic Forest 540 What to See in America range. The dimate, tempered by the warm sea, is no other region in the United States has a heavierrainfall and snowfall. From sixty to one hundred feet of snowis deposited over it each winter. The precipitation is ex-cessive all through the year, except in July and and the melting ice and snow form numerous streamswhich descend in roaring waterfalls and wild of acres are crowded with tall trees that willaverage five feet in diameter and one hundred and fifty inheight. Among the wild creatures that haunt this wildernessare elk, bear, deer, wolf, lynx, otter, and beaver, and it is aresort of the bald eagle. The streams are crowded with miles west by railroad from Olympia is the wide bayof Grays Harbor, an inreach of the Pacific. Here are thetwo ports of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, largely engaged inlumber manufacture, shipbuilding, and fish export. At thelat
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