MOUNT RAINIER 



valley, twenty-five years ago. General Stevens was 

 able to point out several instances of notable shrinkages 

 in the glaciers, especially in the Paradise glacier, since 

 his ascent of the mountain in 1870. It will interest 

 students of glaciers to know that some permanent 

 monuments have been set up at the lower end of the 

 Nisqually glacier; and that arrangements have been 

 made whereby the retreat of the ice may be accurately 

 measured from year to year. 



