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of Reikum, Reikeiavik, and the hot springs of Azores, New 

 Zealand, and Fejee Islands, both in temperature and chemi- 

 cal contents." These springs are near the western limits of 

 Utah. Pyramid Lake is but a short distance from these 

 boiling springs. 



CALIFORNIA SPRINGS. 



THE HOT SPRINGS OF SHASTY'S PEAK are in Tipper Cali- 

 fornia, west of the foot of Shasty's Peak. The water is hot 

 enough to boil an egg. The peak is 14,000 feet high, and 

 the whole region volcanic, the peak itself being considered 

 as an extinct volcano. The spring is at the foot of the 

 peak, and boils up among the rocks to the height of two or 

 three feet. Near this peak there is also an acid iron spring, 

 containing a large quantity of carbonic acid and iron, having 

 an agreeable acidulous taste, mixed with the taste of iron. 



In the desert of the Colorado, in Southern California, 

 there are springs described by Dr. Bell, who quotes Dr. Le 

 Conte, as 



VOLCANIC SPRINGS. " They are in a muddy plain, border- 

 ing on a salt lake." Near this lake there are numerous 

 hills, described as " volcanic mounds, composed of lava and 

 pumice, with a number of circular caldrons containing 

 boiling mud, exhaling vapor as steam, sulphur, and sal 

 ammoniac, and throwing up jets of salt water. Some of 

 them are surrounded by stalagmites and concretions of re- 

 markable shape." 



" Near Vallecitas there are mounds of cinder and pumice, 

 evidently volcanic. Near Fort Yama there are spouting 

 springs. The region here has suffered from earthquake 

 action." 



Near Warner's Rancheria, on the mountain west of a 

 desert on the Colorado, in Southern California, there is a 



