CHAPTER V. 

 THE WILLAMETTE SOUND. 



The desire to study some of the evidences 

 of the more recent changes of level along the 

 coast of Oregon and Washington, with a view 

 to compare and if possible to connect them 

 with evidences of like changes in the interior, 

 led to a visit to Shoalwater bay, an inlet of 

 the coast a few miles north of the Columbia 

 river. June on our northern coast is a pleas- 

 ant season for such trips, and ours received 

 its full measure of help from such accessories 

 as bright sunshine and pure air above us, un- 

 measured wealth of form, color and fragrance 

 below. 



The ride from the cape at the mouth of 

 the Columbia to Shoalwater bay is one of the 

 finest in the country. The road for the greater 

 part is along the ocean beach, always strewn 

 with the numerous wrecks of life cast upon its 



