What to see in America . of scouts two miles north ofthe park. When he went to bed, after supper, his heart wasso full of gratitude for his escape that he started in to spendthe night praying aloud and thanking God for His goodnessto him. The scouts soon tired of the darkys devotions andtold him to desist and let them sleep. He responded thatGod had saved his life, and he was going to thank Him as long and as loud as hepleased whetherthe camp got anysleep or * ^^^ The commander ^^^ ^^H finally stationed ^ ^ a guard to com-pel him to park hasan entrance oneach of its foursides.
What to see in America . of scouts two miles north ofthe park. When he went to bed, after supper, his heart wasso full of gratitude for his escape that he started in to spendthe night praying aloud and thanking God for His goodnessto him. The scouts soon tired of the darkys devotions andtold him to desist and let them sleep. He responded thatGod had saved his life, and he was going to thank Him as long and as loud as hepleased whetherthe camp got anysleep or * ^^^ The commander ^^^ ^^H finally stationed ^ ^ a guard to com-pel him to park hasan entrance oneach of its foursides. A railroadon the north andone on the west come directly to its borders. At first thegovernment gave it little attention. Hunters invaded thedomain and slaughtered game, attempts were made to runa railroad through it, and one company almost obtainedtitle to Yellowstone Falls. But a few people, at greatpersonal sacrifice, saved the park in its primitive natural-ness. It has its hotels and camps, and its autO-stages which. Lewis Falls, Yellowstone Park Wyoming 379 make the circular tour in two days; and you can go tramp-ing or riding on the trails, fishing in the lakes and streams,and bathing in the hot-water pools. You are likely to en-counter cool weather, and should provide clothing accord-ingly. Heavy shoes or rubbers are needed for walkingabout the geyser basins. The central part of the park is a broad volcanic plateauabout 8000 feet above sea level. Roundabout are mountainranges whosepeaks and ridgesrise from 2000 to4000 feet abovethe the park aremore geysersthan are foundin all the rest ofthe world, danc-ing and singingamid thousandsof boiling springs,whose basins arearrayed in gor-geous colors like gigantic flowers. Here too are hot paintpots and mud volcanoes, the contents of which are ofevery color and consistency, and which plash and heaveand roar in bewildering abundance. You see Nature atwork cooking whole mountains, boiling and steaming flintyrocks to
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