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streams. These little rivulets run clown the steep slope of the glacier, 

 ever increasing in size as they near the lower margin and displaying 

 many variations in form. The beautiful, clear, blue water found in 

 the pools along their courses and the remarkable ice kettles and caves 

 into which they enter, are a never-ending source of interest. Also as 

 one gazes toward the summit of the mountain from the slopes of this 



Fig. 35. — Transverse crevasse on the lower slope of Para- 

 dise Glacier. 



glacier, he notes that none of the ice forming this sheet, comes from the 

 summit. All of it is accumulated below an altitude of ten thousand 

 feet, and yet, seemingly, this glacier is as prosperous and as well fed as 

 any of those which come from the crater itself. This is due to the fact 

 that the winter snows of Mt. Rainier are the heaviest in the vicinity 

 of its base, being indeed many times greater than on the summit. The 



