. The Pacific tourist . ly to the place we started. A visit toIron Spring Cr^eek, is well worth taking. Nearits mouth, on the north side, is the SodaGeysers group. Fair camps are easily found in the LowerGeyser Basin. In the Upper Basin, a good camp for asmall party is in a grove near the Castle. An-other is found about a quarter of a milehigher up. The trail to the Shoshone Geyser Basin leadsup the Fire Hole River, and a short distanceabove the Upper Basin, we pass a fall 60 feethigh, that is worthy a visit from all who wouldsee the beauties as well as the wonders of theregion. It somewhat re
. The Pacific tourist . ly to the place we started. A visit toIron Spring Cr^eek, is well worth taking. Nearits mouth, on the north side, is the SodaGeysers group. Fair camps are easily found in the LowerGeyser Basin. In the Upper Basin, a good camp for asmall party is in a grove near the Castle. An-other is found about a quarter of a milehigher up. The trail to the Shoshone Geyser Basin leadsup the Fire Hole River, and a short distanceabove the Upper Basin, we pass a fall 60 feethigh, that is worthy a visit from all who wouldsee the beauties as well as the wonders of theregion. It somewhat resembles the Middle Fallat Trenton, New York. Above the falls, thetrail crosses the river to avoid swampy ground,and keeps on the bounding ridge of liills on thewest. The narrow valley expands, and we soonenter a third geyser basin with several groups ofsprings, and one geyser called the has a dome-shaped mound, 15 feet in diam-eter and 11 to 14 feet high, covered with elegant 306 wmm ^m€tFi€ w&w^ jiearly b e a d-work, andstriped vertically withbands of white, dark green,brownish black, and vari-ous shades of orange andyellow, the white being ordinaiy geyserite, whilethe other colors are purely vegetable. In the top of the mound are several openings,the larger about three inches in diameter, fromwhich a stream of water is thrown 20 to 50 feetand even to 70 feet, mostly in drops, with muchsteam. The amount of water is small, yet iserupted with great force, reminding one of theeruptions of the Castle. Jhe spouting is at intervals of about twohours. The elevation ofthis Upper Basin, is7,770 feet, while that of the Upper Geyser Basin,proper, is from 7,300 to 7,400. On a smallstream coming into the basin from the west,about a quarter of a mile from the river, isa fine cascade 130 feet high. The river risesin a small lake to which the name MadisonLake is given. From here the trail runsdue east to Shoshone Lake, which is one ofthe sources of Snake River, giving ori
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