FY HAM ID LAKE, NEVADA. 



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jecting point of the shore like an old ruined castle, there by the road- 

 side a cluster of nearly spherical domes, partly broken down and show- 

 ing the concentric inner structure. But upon the far side of the lake, 

 standing out clearly in the desert air, rises the mosl attractive feature of 

 all. It is Pyramid Island, and we do no! wonder at Fremont's naming it 

 as he did. 



Hiring a boat at a little ranch by the shore, we rowed across the clear 

 and quiet waters of the lake to Pyramid and Analio islands. The latter 

 island is completely encrusted with the dendritic In fa. which from a 

 distance appears like the overlapping scales upon some gigantic animal. 





Fig. (5, Mushrooji Rock, Anaho Island. 



Upon the eastern side of the islands, rising from the edge of the 

 water there is a most picturesque deposit, known as the mushroom rock 

 and shown in the accompanying photograph. Rising from a firm base, 

 the deposit becomes -mallei-, and then at the top swells out in a spherical 

 head. 



Pyramid Island next demanded attention, and a row of a mile farther 

 brought us close under its towering cliffs. It rises almost vertically 

 from the water, but its sides soon become more sloping and terminate 

 in a point nearly 300 feet high. Its shape is almost symmetrical from 

 whichever side it is viewed. Its surface is of a very light color, and con- 

 sequently it is* a conspicuous landmark from all points about the lake. 



