Southern good roads . road was exceeding ditficnlt t 1build, and is dangerous to travel unless one is providedwith trusty animals. Roeky elitis tower far above onthe one side and yawning chasms open upon tlie numerous tortu;)Us windings, back and forth onthe side of the mountain, the crest of a viuk ridge isreached. The road 1hen hnds niong tliis ridge andcrosses on a big till t tin base of the iiuiin summit. Oneloop ar llic main summit, jiassing tlirough b;iidvs iiiid I11 the i:(ntheast a magnificent forested country,which fciims the headwatcis of Tower Creek. Indian:ind Ii
Southern good roads . road was exceeding ditficnlt t 1build, and is dangerous to travel unless one is providedwith trusty animals. Roeky elitis tower far above onthe one side and yawning chasms open upon tlie numerous tortu;)Us windings, back and forth onthe side of the mountain, the crest of a viuk ridge isreached. The road 1hen hnds niong tliis ridge andcrosses on a big till t tin base of the iiuiin summit. Oneloop ar llic main summit, jiassing tlirough b;iidvs iiiid I11 the i:(ntheast a magnificent forested country,which fciims the headwatcis of Tower Creek. Indian:ind Iilot Knohs and numcious oilier peaks, insidi^ andoulsidc the pHrls. some :)f them c )vered with perpetualsnow, stand silhouetted against the sky. The moun-tains, the lakes, the streams, the sky. the forests, theio<d-;s. the grass, the tloweis and the roads, as seen fromthe top of Mount \Vas]d)urn. form ;i panoiauiM the likeof which IS seldom seen by mortal man. T I one \\]\i) admires mountnin sc(-nei-y. the tiip to. Yellowstone Park, Earth Road Along Yellowstone River,Between Lake and Canyon of melting snow, brings one to the top of the mountain9,800 feet above the level of the sea. The panorama from the top of the mountain can notbe surpassed for laveliness aud beauty. Far to thesouth, the surface of the Yellowstone Lake glimmersin the ; the river winds like a ribbon of silverthrough the dark-green forests and theu tuiidib^s downinto the Grand Canon, from which rise great clouds ofspray. The huge crevice winding around the l)ase ofthe indicates the Licatiou of the canon. To the north one sees the Gallatin Range, the Elec-tric and Bunseu Peaks, and the C!innabar i\Iouutains, The Road at the Foot of Mammoth Hot Si-irint-sYellowstone Park the to[) of Mount Washburn is one of the most delight-ful which tlie ])ark- affords, but it is taken by only asmall percentage of tlie tourists. The transp irtatioiicompanies do not encourage visitius to nmke the trip,because it
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