. The Pacific tourist . roducing a fan-shaped eruption. A shoit dis-tance above, on the opposite side of the river, isthe * Grotto Geyser which is easily recognizedby the peculiar form of its crater, from which ittakes its name. There are two orifices, theprincipal one being in the larger and more irreg-ular mound, which is eight feet high, while thesmaller one is only four feet high. The inter-val between its eruptions is unknown. It throwsa column of water and steam from 40 to 60 feetabove its crater. Several hundred yaids fartherback from the river, south-west from the Grotto,are the Pyrami
. The Pacific tourist . roducing a fan-shaped eruption. A shoit dis-tance above, on the opposite side of the river, isthe * Grotto Geyser which is easily recognizedby the peculiar form of its crater, from which ittakes its name. There are two orifices, theprincipal one being in the larger and more irreg-ular mound, which is eight feet high, while thesmaller one is only four feet high. The inter-val between its eruptions is unknown. It throwsa column of water and steam from 40 to 60 feetabove its crater. Several hundred yaids fartherback from the river, south-west from the Grotto,are the Pyramid. *• Punch Bowl, • Bath Tub,and Black Sand Geysers. The Giant is about 400 feet south-east ofthe Grotto. It has a rough, cone-like crater,ten feet high, with one side broken down. Theorifice from which the water is expelled is aboutfive feet in diameter. This cuiious crater is nearthe rivers edge, on a platform of deposit measur-ing 342 yards in circumference. It has seldombeen .seen in eruption. Langford gives the. SCENES IN THE YELLOWSTONE —Jupiters Baths and Soda Mountain. 2.—Valley of the Yellowstone.
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