The Pharmaceutical era . vide from which the watersflow right and left into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The route next lay through Gibbon Canyon, past the ro-mantic Kepplers Cascade, down the Cork Screw drive,which at one point presents a vista of Shoshone Lakeand a glimpse of the lofty Teton peaks in the distance,until at length beautiful Yellowstone Lake bursts intoview, the midday stop being at a division of the lakecalled the Thumb. Besides the lunch counter, the other attractions in thisvicinity are some curious paint pots, sulfur pools andboiling springs, some of the latter situated
The Pharmaceutical era . vide from which the watersflow right and left into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The route next lay through Gibbon Canyon, past the ro-mantic Kepplers Cascade, down the Cork Screw drive,which at one point presents a vista of Shoshone Lakeand a glimpse of the lofty Teton peaks in the distance,until at length beautiful Yellowstone Lake bursts intoview, the midday stop being at a division of the lakecalled the Thumb. Besides the lunch counter, the other attractions in thisvicinity are some curious paint pots, sulfur pools andboiling springs, some of the latter situated so close to thelake that it is possible to catch trout in the cold water,and, without changing ones position, to cook them inthe hot water in the pools. Here the party divided, some continuing the line ofmarch along the edge of the lake, while about half thenumber put up an extra three dollars and enjoyed thenovel sensation of a thirty mile steamboat ride at an ele-vation of a mile and a half above the level of Xew York. City, stopping en route at Dot Island to insiieot the herdof bison, elk, antelope and mountain sheep which are con-fined there. The Yellowstone is a lake of the woods, its rim onevery side presenting an unbroken line of forest risingfrom the waters edge to the flanks of the surroundingmountains. On one side is Flat Mountain, with scarredand seamed sides, and near it Mount Sheridan, fromwhose lofty crater are supposed to have come the ancientlavas which by damming the valley caused the formationof the lake. On the opposite side rises the broken Hoo-doo range, the rocky wall which bars entrance to the lit-tle known or explored Goblin Land. The most strikingfeature of the Hoodoo Mountains is an arrangement ofpeaks which form a perfect representation of a humanface, and is known as the Sleeping Giant. Arrived at the Lake House, a dozen or more enthusi-astic sportsmen immediately engaged boats and tackleand were rowed to the fishing grounds at the lake out-let, and
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