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up fine pictures, and so also do Osprey and Ouzel 

 falls. Antelope Creek, Otter, Mink, and Gray- 

 ling creeks, Geode, Jasper, Opal, Carnelian, and 

 Chalcedony creeks, are lively and sparkling 

 names that help the streams to shine ; and 

 Azalea, Stellaria, Arnica, Aster, and Phlox 

 creeks, what pictures these bring up ! Violet, 

 Morning Mist, Hygeia, Beryl, Vermilion, and 

 Indigo springs, and many beside, give us visions 

 of fountains more beautifully arrayed than 

 Solomon in all his purple and golden glory. 

 All these and a host of others call you to camp. 

 You may be a little cold some nights, on moun- 

 tain tops above the timber-line, but you will see the 

 stars, and by and by you can sleep enough in your 

 town bed, or at least in your grave. Keep awake 

 while you may in mountain mansions so rare. 



If you are not very strong, try to climb Elec- 

 tric Peak when a big bossy, well-charged thun- 

 der-cloud is on it, to breathe the ozone set free, 

 and get yourself kindly shaken and shocked. 

 You are sure to be lost in wonder and praise, 

 and every hair of your head will stand up and 

 hum and sing like an enthusiastic congregation. 



After this reviving experience, you should take 

 a look into a few of the tertiary volumes of the 

 grand geological library of the park, and see how 

 God writes history. No technical knowledge is re- 

 quired ; only a calm day and a calm mind. Per- 

 haps nowhere else in the Rocky Mountains have 



