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Cascades the distinction of being the equal, in pictur- 

 esqueness and grandeur, of the Rockies, or, in fact, 

 of any other range in the country. As continental 

 landmarks, Mounts Pitt, Union, Thielson, Jefferson, 

 Hood, Adams, St. Helens, Tacoma, Baker, Stuart, 

 Chiam, Douglass, and others are unsurpassed. Their 

 hoary crests tower to such majestic heights as to be 

 visible, in some instances, hundreds of miles, and 

 their many glaciers feed mighty rivers upon whose 

 bosoms the commerce of nations is borne. Mount Jef- 

 ferson is 9,020 feet high; Mount Adams, 9,570; Mount 

 St. Helens, 9,750; Mount Baker, 10,800, Mount Hood, 

 11,025, and Mount Tacoma, 14,444. There are many 

 other peaks that rise to altitudes of 7,000 to 9,000 

 feet, and from these figures one may readily form 

 something of an idea of the general height and beauty 

 of the Cascade Range. The foot-hills are generally 

 high, rolling, and picturesque, and so heavily tim- 

 bered that in many places one can not see a hundred 

 yards in any direction. Higher up the range, how- 

 ever, this heavy timber is replaced by smaller trees, 

 that stand farther apart, and the growth of under- 

 brush is not so dense; consequently, the labor of travel 

 is lightened and the range of vision is extended. The 

 geological formation in the Cascades is varied. 

 Igneous rock abounds; extensive basaltic cliffs and 

 large bodies of granite, limestone, sandstone, etc., 

 are frequently met with, and nearly all the table- 

 lands, in and about the foot-hills, are composed of 

 gravel drift, covered with vegetable mold. The Cas - 

 cades may be explored with comfort later in the 

 fall than the Rockies or other more eastern ranges, 

 the winter setting in on the former much later than 



