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races, tablelands, spurs, gorges, and mountain 

 valleys. 



This Park is a wilderness. Though entirely 

 surrounded by settlers and villages, it is an al- 

 most unbroken wild. Many of its peaks are as 

 yet unclimbed. There are pathless forests, un- 

 visited gorges, unnamed lakes, and unknown 

 localities. 



Gray and red granite form the larger portion 

 of its surface. Here and there are mixtures of 

 schist, gneiss, and porphyry. The northwest 

 corner is volcanic and is made up of rhyolite, 

 obsidian, and lava. The Indians have a tradi- 

 tion concerning the volcanic activity of Speci- 

 men Mountain, though I doubt if this mountain 

 has been active within a century. It is a dead 

 or sleeping volcano. A part of its old crater- 

 rim has fallen away, and brilliant flowers cover 

 the cold ashes in the crater. 



Most of the territory was glaciated during 

 the last ice age, and there still remain five small 

 glaciers and a number of ice-fields. The Hallctt 

 Glacier is on the north shoulder of Hague's 

 Peak, the Sprague Glacier on the south side of 



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