. Marvelous works of nature and art : together with useful and interesting information for all, with plates of illustration. el asmuch in company as possible. All precaution-ary measures, however, unless enforced by thesternest discipline, are soon forgotten—anddanger, until actually impending, is seldomborne in mind. A day had scarcely passedwhen they were as reckless as ever. From thesummit of a commanding range which separa-ted the waters of the Antelope and TowerCreek, they descended through a picturesquegorge, leading their horses to a small streamflowing into the Yellowstone. Four miles
. Marvelous works of nature and art : together with useful and interesting information for all, with plates of illustration. el asmuch in company as possible. All precaution-ary measures, however, unless enforced by thesternest discipline, are soon forgotten—anddanger, until actually impending, is seldomborne in mind. A day had scarcely passedwhen they were as reckless as ever. From thesummit of a commanding range which separa-ted the waters of the Antelope and TowerCreek, they descended through a picturesquegorge, leading their horses to a small streamflowing into the Yellowstone. Four miles of travel, a great part of itdown the j)recipitous slopes of the mountain,brought them to the banks of Tower Creek,and within the volcanic region, where the won-ders were supposed to commence. On theright of the trail our attention was first attract-ed by a small hot sulphur spring, a little belowthe boiling point in temperature. Leaving thespring they ascended a high ridge, from whichthe most noticeable feature, in a landscape ofgreat extent and beauty, was Column Kock,stretching for two miles along the eastern bank. ROCK RIXXACLES ABOVE TOWER FALL:. WONDERS OF THE WILDERNESS, &C. 61 of the Yellowstone. At the distance fromwhich they saw it, they could compare it inappearance to nothing but a section of theGiants Causeway. It was composed of suc-cessive pillars of basalt overlying and under-lying a thick stratum of cement and gravelresembling pudding stone. In both rows, thepillars, standing in close proximity, were eachabout thirty feet high and from three to fivefeet in diameter. This interesting object, morefrom the novelty of its formation and its beau-tiful surroundings of mountain and riverscenery than anything grand or impressivein its appearance, excited their attention, untilthe gathering shades of evening remindedthem of the necessity of selecting a suitablecamp. They descended the declivity to thebanks of Tower Creek, and camped upon arocky terrace one mile distan
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