CONTENTS 



XIX. PEOPLE AND TOWNS OF PUGET SOUND 248 

 XX. AN ASCENT OF MOUNT RAINIER . 261 



XXI. THE PHYSICAL AND CLIMATIC CHAR- 

 ACTERISTICS OF OREGON . . . 271 



XXII. THE FORESTS OF OREGON AND THEIR 



INHABITANTS . ... . . 299 



XXIII. THE RIVERS OF OREGON .... 327 



XXIV. THE GRAND CANON OF THE COLORADO 347 



INDEX . 383 



