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thence through woods and meadows, gulches and 

 ravines along branches of the Upper Gallatin, 

 Madison, and Firehole rivers to the main geyser 

 basins ; thence over the Continental Divide and 

 back again, up and down through dense pine, 

 spruce, and fir woods to the magnificent Yellow- 

 stone Lake, along its northern shore to the out- 

 let, down the river to the falls and Grand Canon, 

 and thence back through the woods to Mammoth 

 Hot Springs and Cinnabar ; stopping here and 

 there at the so-called points of interest among 

 the geysers, springs, paint-pots, mud volcanoes, 

 etc., where you will be allowed a few minutes or 

 hours to saunter over the sinter pavements, 

 watch the play of a few of the geysers, and peer 

 into some of the most beautiful and terrible of 

 the craters and pools. These wonders you will 

 enjoy, and also the views of the mountains, espe- 

 cially the Gallatin and Absaroka ranges, the 

 long, willowy glacier and beaver meadows, the 

 beds of violets, gentians, phloxes, asters, phace- 

 lias, goldenrods, eriogonums, and many other 

 flowers, some species giving color to whole 

 meadows and hillsides. And you will enjoy 

 your short views of the great lake and river and 

 canon. No scalping Indians will you see. The 

 Blackfeet and Bannocks that once roamed here 

 are gone ; so are the old beaver-catchers, the 

 Coulters and Bridgers, with all their attractive 

 buckskin and romance. There are several bands 



