YELLOW RACE 



YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 



Northern United States northward, far beyond 

 the Arctic Circle, depositing its three or four 

 eggs, buffy in color, and spotted with brown 

 and lilac, in a depression in the ground. The 

 yelloulegs makes the longest migration flight of 



THfe YELLOWLEC.S 

 This bird travels about 

 16.000 miles every year in its 

 migration. 



any bird, wintering as far south as Argentina, 

 thus covering a distance of eight thousand 

 miles. Starting from the Yukon region in a 

 fresh, plump condition, it reaches its southern 

 feeding grounds jaded and thin. 



YELLOW RACE. See RACES OF MEN. 



YELLOW SEA, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, 

 extending 600 miles inland between China and 

 Chosen, or Korea (see map, Asia, opposite 

 page 417). Along the Chinese coast are sand 

 banks, and on the Chosen side there are numer- 

 ous small islands. At the north the sea forms 

 the Korean, Liao-tung and Pe-chi-li gulfs, and 

 south of Chosen the Korea Strait connects it 

 with the Japan Sea (see location map on page 

 1364). Its greatest breadth is over 300 miles, 

 and it is nowhere deeper than 300 feet. It 

 receives its name from the muddy, lemon- 

 colored water near shore, due to deposits from 

 the Hoang-ho and the Yang-tse-kiang. 



YEL'LOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, one 

 of the world's "wonderlands," is a national 

 park in the northwestern corner of Wyoming, 

 set apart by the United States government in 

 1872 for "the benefit and enjoyment of the 

 people." It extends a short distance into 

 Idaho on the west and into Montana on the 

 north. The park proper is sixty-two miles 

 long and fifty-four miles wide, and has an area 

 of 3,348 square miles, making it about two- 

 thirds the size of the state of Connecticut. In 

 1891 a forest reserve lying on the southern and 

 eastern boundaries was created, and the com- 



bined area of the two reserves is 5,500 square 

 miles. 



General Description. Yellowstone Park is a 

 plateau with an average altitude of 8,000 feet. 

 The Absarokas on the cast, the Snowy Moun- 

 tains on the northeast, the Gallatin Range on 

 the north and west, and the Tetons on the 

 south, with their snow-capped summits, form a 

 natural boundary whose beauty and grandeur 

 give an appropriate setting to one of the most 

 marvelous regions in the world. The park is 

 diversified with hills, plains and valleys, and 

 here and there in the park and on the borders 

 mountains rear their summits to heights of 

 11,000 and 12,000 feet above the sea. Among 

 these is Electric Peak (11,155 feet), the high- 

 est mountain wholly within the park. The 

 Grand Teton, beyond the southern boundary, 

 has an altitude of 13,670 feet. The larger 

 streams have cut deep canyons in the rock, 

 where cascades and falls lend interest and 

 beauty to their rushing torrents. 



About four-fifths of the park is covered with 

 beautiful forests of lodge-pole pine, balsam, 

 spruce and Douglas fir. The preservation of 

 these forests is essential both to the beauty of 

 the park and to the maintenance of the water 

 supply for the many springs and streams. 

 Some of the broad valleys, like Hayden and 

 Junction, bear rich growths of grass and in- 

 numerable wild flowers during the short sum- 

 mer, but in the geyser region a thin layer of 

 silica, known as the formation, covers the 

 ground and gives it a light, grayish color. Seen 

 from a distance these basins appear to be cov- 

 ered with snow. Shrubs and occasional trees 

 are found along the margins of streams, but 

 these basins as a whole are practically bare. 



Animal Life. The park is a game preserve. 

 Hunting is strictly prohibited, and the forests 

 and valleys abound in large game, including 

 elk, deer, antelopes, mountain sheep and buf- 

 falo. There are two herds of buffaloes, num- 

 bering in all about 400. The long period of 

 protection has removed the fear which most of 

 these animals have for man, and they are sel- 

 dom disturbed by the approach of visitors. 

 The bears become especially tame during the 

 summer and gather daily about the garbage 

 heaps at the hotels and camps, from which 

 they obtain a good supply of food. They 

 never disturb visitors, and they are a constant 

 source of amusement. Waterfowl frequent the 

 rivers and lakes, and birds and small animals 

 are found in the forests. The lakes and 

 streams abound in fish, and the numbers are 



