﻿THE 
  SCENERY 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA 
  

  

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  Photograph 
  © 
  Albert 
  Schlecten 
  

  

  THE 
  GREAT 
  FALLS 
  OE 
  THE 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  : 
  YELLOWSTONE 
  NATIONAL 
  PARK 
  

  

  This 
  majestic 
  cataract 
  marks 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Canyon 
  of 
  the 
  Yellowstone, 
  

   which 
  extends 
  for 
  twenty 
  miles 
  between 
  walls 
  of 
  gorgeous 
  coloring, 
  ranging 
  in 
  height 
  from 
  

   600 
  to 
  1,200 
  feet. 
  The 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Falls 
  makes 
  a 
  plunge 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  Niagara. 
  

  

  several 
  huge 
  snow-capped 
  summits, 
  the 
  

   finest 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  Mount 
  Hood, 
  well 
  

   seen 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Portland, 
  and 
  

   Mount 
  Rainier, 
  south 
  of 
  Seattle. 
  Seen 
  

   from 
  the 
  opposite 
  or 
  western 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Puget 
  Sound, 
  Mt. 
  Rainier 
  is 
  a 
  truly 
  mag- 
  

   nificent 
  object, 
  towering 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  

   14,408 
  feet, 
  with 
  glittering 
  glaciers 
  stream- 
  

   ing 
  down 
  its 
  slopes 
  till 
  they 
  almost 
  touch 
  

   the 
  thick 
  dark 
  forest 
  beneath 
  — 
  a 
  vast 
  

   forest, 
  impenetrable, 
  except 
  where 
  trails 
  

   have 
  been 
  cut, 
  in 
  which 
  nearly 
  every 
  tree, 
  

  

  Douglas 
  firs 
  and 
  so-called 
  "cedars" 
  ( 
  Thuja 
  

   gigantca), 
  rises 
  300 
  feet 
  into 
  the 
  air. 
  

  

  These 
  superb 
  evergreen 
  conifers, 
  along 
  

   with 
  the 
  two 
  Sequoias 
  of 
  California, 
  the 
  

   one 
  (the 
  Redwood) 
  the 
  tallest 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  (the 
  so-called 
  "Big 
  Trees" 
  of 
  the 
  

   Yosemite 
  and 
  Sequoia 
  National 
  Parks) 
  

   the 
  thickest-stemmed 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  world.* 
  

   are 
  the 
  glory 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  not 
  only 
  

  

  * 
  Except, 
  perhaps, 
  the 
  ''Water 
  Cypress" 
  

   (the 
  native 
  Ahuehuete) 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  stem 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  tall, 
  but 
  of 
  prodigious 
  girth. 
  

  

  