. Review of reviews and world's work. MOUNT MOUNT SHASTA. 50 miles in length—mere rivulets, when com-pared with the once burning seas of the SnakeRiver Plain. Nevertheless, the glory of all our mountainranges are these kings of volcanic giants whichdwell up and down the Pacific Coast. LassensPeak, Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and othersare not wholly dead but sleeping, as is shown bytheir hot springs and the sulphurous gases andsteam emitted from theircraters. Around the formerare many little volcanoeswhich often throw forthshowers of mud, and givewarnings of something pos-sibly more dang
. Review of reviews and world's work. MOUNT MOUNT SHASTA. 50 miles in length—mere rivulets, when com-pared with the once burning seas of the SnakeRiver Plain. Nevertheless, the glory of all our mountainranges are these kings of volcanic giants whichdwell up and down the Pacific Coast. LassensPeak, Mount Hood, Mount Rainier, and othersare not wholly dead but sleeping, as is shown bytheir hot springs and the sulphurous gases andsteam emitted from theircraters. Around the formerare many little volcanoeswhich often throw forthshowers of mud, and givewarnings of something pos-sibly more dangerous in theirrumbling sounds. MountShasta, with its 14,442 feetof height, has a crater one-third as broad and 1,000 feetdeep, with a rim so sharp asto hardly afford room for anights bivouac. On its slopesare remains of hundreds ofsmaller cones and. craters. Less massive, but far morechaste and beautiful, thanShasta, Mount Hood is thevery embodiment of sublim-ity and grace—if such aword can apply to a sky-piercing cone of almost per-fect prop
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