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of which were published in " Scribner's " and in the " Overland Month- 

 ly," attracting universal attention. In 1871 Dr. F. V. Hayden, the 

 ' father of the Yellowstone National Park,' made his first exploration, 

 and published the first scientific account of its phenomena. Since then 

 it has become known all over the world. Thousands of tourists have 

 visited it, and the bibliography of the park includes a list of nearly one 

 hundred publications in relation to it. Space here will not permit a de- 



tailed description of the park, nor is it necessary, but a comparison of 

 some of its features with those of New Zealand and Iceland may be of 

 interest. Without having seen each one of the three regions, it is, of 

 course, difficult to make a complete comparison, and certainly it is im- 

 possible to be dogmatic. Still, Nature works according to laws that 

 are the same in all parts of the globe, and a view of any one of the 

 localities will, to a great extent, help to explain phenomena observed 

 in either or both of the others. The comparison can be the more 



