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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Haynes, 
  St. 
  Paul 
  

  

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  UNSURPASSED 
  BEAUTIES 
  OP 
  GLACIER 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  artist's 
  feet 
  stretches 
  the 
  mirror 
  surface 
  of 
  Lake 
  McDermott, 
  which 
  reflects 
  the 
  

   towering 
  grandeur 
  of 
  Mount 
  Wilbur 
  in 
  the 
  distance. 
  Note 
  the 
  white 
  tents 
  of 
  summer 
  visitors 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle 
  distance. 
  

  

  It 
  would 
  be 
  hard 
  to 
  find 
  anywhere 
  scenery 
  

   more 
  perfect. 
  Lofty 
  vertical 
  walls 
  of 
  

   gray 
  granite 
  inclose 
  a 
  valley 
  from 
  half 
  a 
  

   mile 
  to 
  a 
  mile 
  wide, 
  on 
  whose 
  level 
  grassy 
  

   floor 
  tall 
  trees 
  rise 
  along 
  banks 
  of 
  an 
  ex- 
  

   quisitely 
  clear-watered, 
  gently 
  flowing 
  

   river. 
  Waterfalls 
  fling 
  themselves 
  over 
  

   the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs 
  (see 
  page 
  349). 
  

  

  MAJESTY 
  0* 
  PRECIPICE 
  AM) 
  BEAUTY 
  OP 
  

   VALE 
  COMBINED 
  

  

  The 
  majesty 
  of 
  the 
  precipices 
  combines 
  

   with 
  the 
  soft 
  beauty 
  of 
  the 
  vale 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   duce 
  an 
  effect 
  such 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  hard 
  to 
  

  

  find 
  anywhere 
  in 
  Europe, 
  though 
  perhaps 
  

   the 
  Romsdal 
  in 
  Norway 
  and 
  the 
  Val 
  di 
  

   Genova 
  in 
  the 
  Italian 
  Alps 
  northeast 
  of 
  

   lirescia 
  come 
  nearest. 
  In 
  the 
  latter, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  scale 
  is 
  smaller, 
  while 
  the 
  grim 
  

   sternness 
  of 
  the 
  Romsdal 
  is 
  not 
  relieved 
  

   by 
  trees 
  and 
  meadows 
  basking 
  in 
  sunshine 
  

   like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Yosemite, 
  even 
  among 
  its 
  

   mountains. 
  California 
  remains 
  a 
  sunny 
  

   land. 
  

  

  In 
  Oregon 
  and 
  Washington 
  the 
  mo- 
  

   notony 
  of 
  the 
  outline 
  which 
  the 
  average 
  

   level 
  of 
  the 
  Cascade 
  Range 
  presents 
  

   (about 
  6,000 
  to 
  7,000 
  feet) 
  is 
  broken 
  by 
  

  

  