Frank's ranche, or, My holiday in the Rockies : being a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do with our boys . ll is about 200 feet high, com-posed of the chalky deposit of the hot springs,and the series of terraces present a marvellousscene; but they do not, however, exhibit thatbeautiful clear snowy whiteness which someenthusiasts claim for them ; they have ratherthe appearance of dirty, crumbling, whitey-brown chalk. Next morning we started off on a coachand four to view the Park. First we came toThe Golden Gates, an immense canonthrough which a small stream runs betweenenormous
Frank's ranche, or, My holiday in the Rockies : being a contribution to the inquiry into what we are to do with our boys . ll is about 200 feet high, com-posed of the chalky deposit of the hot springs,and the series of terraces present a marvellousscene; but they do not, however, exhibit thatbeautiful clear snowy whiteness which someenthusiasts claim for them ; they have ratherthe appearance of dirty, crumbling, whitey-brown chalk. Next morning we started off on a coachand four to view the Park. First we came toThe Golden Gates, an immense canonthrough which a small stream runs betweenenormously high limestone rocks. The road,which is here a splendid one, winds up alongone side of the canon ; it is cut out of thesolid rock, and it gradually rises to such a 112 MY HOLIDA V height that to a nervous person the lookdown into the gulch below must be ratheralarming, especially if one had not the fullestconfidence in the driver. Then we passedthrough an extraordinary forest of pines, alldead, stripped entirely of their bark, evento the gnarled and curled branches. Theremust be millions of these naked-burnt trees. *THE OBSIDIAN CLIFFS. Standing, and the ground is also strewedwith them in every direction. Here andthere the upturned roots present a veryweird and curious appearance. One made astrong impression on me from its markedresemblance to that wonderful griffin whichnow commemorates the spot where oncestood Temple crossed the Gardener river, then passed IN THE ROCKIES. 113 below an extraordinary range called TheObsidian Cliffs. They are composed ofglass—perpendicular cliffs of solid glass; Ipicked up several small blocks for paper-weights, but unluckily lost them. The rangeextends for probably 1,500 feet, and theheight may be 250 or 300 feet. A little farther on we came to the ^ Lake ofthe Woods. On this lake is a beaver-damand house, and there are said to be a fewbeavers about there, but I have met withno one who has seen them. On the lakewere large flocks of
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