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land," p. 102, mentions an eruption lasting 15 minutes, but gives no par- 

 ticulars of special interest. 

 1875. — Grinuell and Dana note three eruptions in 1875, as follows : 



During a period of 60 hours there were three eruptions, the interval between the 

 first and second being 26 hours, and that between the second and third 25 hours. The 

 duration of the action was 4 or 5 minutes, and the measured height 200 feet.* 



1877. — General Sherman's party saw the Bee Hive in action twice, 

 and according to Colonel Poe it has an interval of about 14 hours. 



1878. — On the 26th and 27th of August, before my arrival, the Bee 

 Hive was seen in action, and the eruptions noted by Mr. Eichardson. 

 The following table shows the eruptions noted by us during our stay in 

 the Upper Basin: 



Table of eruptions of Bee Hive Geyser in 1878. 



No. 



Date. 



Eruption Ijegan. 



Eruption ceased. 



Interval be- 

 tween the 



beginnings of 

 eruptions. 



Duration 

 of water 

 eruptions. 



Duration 

 of steam 

 eruptions. 



B . 



3 



1 



Aug. 2® 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 27 

 Auk. 27 

 Aug. 28 

 Aug. 30 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 10 



h. m. s. 

 2 a7 00 a. m. 

 4 20 00 p. m. 

 8 37 00 a. m. 

 4 20 20 p.m. 

 8 36 05 a. m. 

 11 33 25 a. m 



h. m. s. 



h. m. s. 



m. s. 



m. s. 



Feet. 



2 





14 13 00 



16 17 00 



7 43 20 



16 15 45 









3 









4 

 5 



4 25 00 p.m. 

 8 39 30 a. m. 



4 40 

 3 25 



15 



170 

 205 



6 







7 



2 36 00 p. m. 

 2 36 10 p. m. 



2 40 45 p.m. 

 2 39 30 p, m. 





4 45 

 3 20 





185 



8 



30 





Notes.— Eruptions Nos. 1-3 were observed by Mr. Eichardson. 

 Eruption No. 7 was observed by Mr. Ladd. 



In No. 4 steam was still escaping gently 11 minutes after the eruption. 



In No. 8 steam escaped gently after the steam eruption, and ceased 12 minutes after the end of the 

 water period. 



In the table I have given the interv'als only between the eruptions that 

 were known to be consecutive. On the 28th and 29th I was in full sight 

 of the Bee Hive, and could not have missed seeing it in action had it 

 played during the day-time. It is probable that eruptions occurred at 

 night. If the 16-hour interval was observed, the next eruption after 

 No. 5 should have occurred at or about midnight of the 28th, which 

 might have been the case, as we were at that time asleep and had be- 

 come so accustomed to the noise of the geysers that they did not awaken 

 us when in action. If a 14-hour interval occurred followed by a 9-hour 

 period and a 16-hour interval after it, the non -occurrence of an eruption 

 by daylight until the morning of the 30th would be accounted for. The 

 period of this geyser cannot be determined until observations are carried 

 consecutively through several days and nights. It appears that the in- 

 tervals obtained by myself in 1872, and Dana and Grinnell in 1875 (21 

 to 26 hours), were probably not the intervals between consecutive erup- 

 tions. The duration ajDpears, from a consideration of all the observations 

 that have been made, to vary from about 3 minutes to 18 minutes, though 

 occupying oftener from 4 to 5 minutes. The heights measured are not 

 quite as high as those noted by previous observers. The temperatures 

 taken were as follows : 4 p. m., on September 1, 5 feet below the top of the 

 cone, 200° F.J 4 p. m., on September 1, 15 feet below the top of the cone, 

 204O F. 



^Report of Reconnaissance from Carroll, Mont., to Yellowstone National Park, &c., 

 p. 131. 



