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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

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  Photograph 
  by 
  George 
  C. 
  Barnard, 
  from 
  Colorado 
  Mountain 
  Club 
  

   LONGS 
  PEAK 
  PROM 
  LAKF, 
  IIAIYAIIA 
  \ 
  ROCKY 
  MOUNTAIN 
  

   NATIONAL 
  PARK, 
  COLORADO 
  

  

  Lying 
  between 
  Hallett 
  Peak 
  and 
  Otis 
  Peak, 
  Haiyaha 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   " 
  the 
  most 
  picturesque 
  rock-bound 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

  

  turns 
  south 
  out 
  of 
  Tibet 
  

   to 
  become 
  the 
  Brahma- 
  

   putra 
  in 
  Assam. 
  The 
  

   Alleghenies 
  are 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  Alps, 
  and 
  so 
  are 
  

   the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada 
  and 
  

   Cascade 
  Mountains, 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  one 
  continuous 
  

   range. 
  

  

  This 
  vast 
  scale 
  gives 
  a 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  places 
  

   in 
  which 
  such 
  beauty 
  as 
  

   rivers 
  and 
  mountains 
  

   display 
  can 
  be 
  enjoyed, 
  

   but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  neces- 
  

   sarily 
  make 
  more 
  beauty. 
  

   That 
  depends 
  upon 
  other 
  

   factors 
  besides 
  that 
  of 
  

   size, 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  which 
  

   are 
  fineness 
  of 
  form 
  and 
  

   richness 
  of 
  color. 
  

  

  Mountains, 
  lakes, 
  and 
  

   rivers 
  are 
  the 
  three 
  fea- 
  

   tures 
  of 
  scenery 
  which 
  

   most 
  contribute 
  to 
  nat- 
  

   ural 
  beauty, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  

   three 
  mountains 
  are 
  the 
  

   most 
  important, 
  the 
  

   quality 
  of 
  river 
  scenery 
  

   and 
  lake 
  scenery 
  depend- 
  

   ing 
  mainly 
  on 
  the 
  char- 
  

   acter 
  of 
  their 
  banks, 
  

   whether 
  these 
  be 
  low 
  and 
  

   monotonous 
  or 
  bold 
  and 
  

   varied. 
  But 
  before 
  we 
  

   come 
  to 
  the 
  mountains, 
  

   a 
  few 
  words 
  may 
  be 
  

   said 
  on 
  the 
  rivers, 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  their 
  volume 
  does 
  

   have 
  a 
  grandeur 
  of 
  its 
  

   own 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  land 
  

   through 
  which 
  they 
  run. 
  

  

  TIIL 
  GRANDEUR 
  OF 
  GREAT 
  

   STREAMS 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  greatest 
  

   American 
  rivers, 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  (including 
  

   its 
  chief 
  affluents) 
  and 
  

   the 
  St. 
  Lawrence, 
  have 
  

   this 
  grandeur. 
  One 
  can- 
  

   not 
  sail 
  upon 
  or 
  look 
  

   down 
  from 
  a 
  height 
  upon 
  

   either 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  

   mighty 
  streams 
  without 
  

   being 
  awed 
  by 
  the 
  pro- 
  

  

  