. Wonderland, or, Alaska and the inland passage . ntervals ths majestic forms of Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. But the grandest scene of all is yet to come. After leaving Tenino, there THROUGH WONDERLAND. 45- is a revelation of almost unequaled grandeur in the view of Mount Tacoma,the loftiest peak of the entire range. If Mount Hood can claim to be consid-ered, as is generally admitted, the most graceful and beautiful mountain on thePacific coast, Mount Tacoma can certainly claim to be the most majestic andsublime. Towering 14,444 feet above sea-level, and thus exceeding by morethan 3,000
. Wonderland, or, Alaska and the inland passage . ntervals ths majestic forms of Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams. But the grandest scene of all is yet to come. After leaving Tenino, there THROUGH WONDERLAND. 45- is a revelation of almost unequaled grandeur in the view of Mount Tacoma,the loftiest peak of the entire range. If Mount Hood can claim to be consid-ered, as is generally admitted, the most graceful and beautiful mountain on thePacific coast, Mount Tacoma can certainly claim to be the most majestic andsublime. Towering 14,444 feet above sea-level, and thus exceeding by morethan 3,000 feet the height of any other mountain in Washington or Oregon,it seems to rear its massive head close to the very battlements of heaven. Noother mountam, even in the Yellowstone National Park or in the main range ofthe Rockies, will have produced so great an impression upon the traveler as willthe mighty Tacoma. As he gazes at its majestic form, he is inclined to doubtwhether there is in the whole world one that could establish a better claim to. THE TACOMA ^V\rrD JJeiJ^naqcr, ^.^ universal sovereignty. In lines that will live as long as the English language it-self, Byron declared Mont Blanc the monarch of mountains. But Byron neversaw the matchless Tacoma. It, too, has its throne of rocks, its diadem of snow,and, though less frequently than Mont Blanc, its robe of clouds, an adjunct ofdoubtful advantage except in the exigencies of versification. Mount Tacoma has, embedded in its mighty bosom, no fewer than fifteenglaciers, three of which have been rendered accessible to visitors. Comparingthem with the glaciers of the Alps, Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, declares thatthe finest effects he witnessed during the course of a long tour in Switzerland,fell far short of what he saw on his visit to Mount Tacoma. At the great hotel,at Tacoma City, guides and camping outfits are always obtainable. Excursion 46 THROUGH WONDERLAND. parties are frequently made up during the summer season, t
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