The Columbia River . ion of the Columbia fromPaha Cliffs to Rooster Rock possesses a greatervariety than any other. Chelan has loftier cliffs,clearer and deeper water, and a certain chaotic andelemental energy beyond comparison. The Yellow-stone has a greater richness of colouring and largerwaterfalls, together with the unique features of thegeysers. Yosemite has loftier waterfalls and cliffsthat in some respects are even more imposing. PugetSound has finer distant scenes, with lagoons andchannels and archipelagoes. Each of these grand ex-hibitions of natures works is equal or even superiorto
The Columbia River . ion of the Columbia fromPaha Cliffs to Rooster Rock possesses a greatervariety than any other. Chelan has loftier cliffs,clearer and deeper water, and a certain chaotic andelemental energy beyond comparison. The Yellow-stone has a greater richness of colouring and largerwaterfalls, together with the unique features of thegeysers. Yosemite has loftier waterfalls and cliffsthat in some respects are even more imposing. PugetSound has finer distant scenes, with lagoons andchannels and archipelagoes. Each of these grand ex-hibitions of natures works is equal or even superiorto the Columbia Gorge in some special feature. Butthe River has every feature. It has cliffs and moun-tains and waterfalls and cataracts, valleys and forests,broad marine views near and distant, colour and form,shore and sky, earth and air ^nd water, a comming-ling of all elements of beauty, grandeur, and physicalinterest. Add to this, that, up or down, the broadwaters of the River are accessible to every form of float-. j Cape Horn, Columbia River—Looking , by E. H. Moorehouse, Portland. The Bridge of the Gods 361 ing craft, and add yet again the Columbia Scenic High-way, and still further that Portland, one of the mostbeautiful and progressive cities of the West, destinedto become one of the great cities of the world, sits atthe very gates of admission to this symposium ofgrandeurs and wonders, and we have such an aggre-gation of charms that we may well suppose that all theother great scenic regions would bow before our greatRiver and acknowledge it as the king of all. CHAPTER VOn Volcano and Glacier Attractions of our Mountain Peaks—Relations to the Rivers—Loca-tions of tlie Greatest and their Positions with Regard to theCities and the Routes of Travel—The Mountain Clubs—ThePeaks, Especially Belonging to the River: Hood, Adams, and —A Journey to Hood—Beauty of the Approach throughHood River Valley—Lost Lake—Cloud-Cap Inn and ElliotGlacier—Ex
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