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of Fort Ellis, up among the mountains. As it is fall of ex- 

 cellent trout, it is a favorite pleasure resort. 



No. 107. MYSTIC Lake, distant view from the trail. The fust glimpse 

 as we approach if. 



NOS. 198, 199. VIEW DOWN THE creek a short distance below the lake. 

 The creek falls very rapidly, some oOO feet in less than half 

 a mile. 



Nos. 200, i2oi. Valley of the Yellowstone, looking south from the 



first canon. On the left the Yellowstone or Snowy Range 

 stands out in hold relief, the eye following it up to Emigrant 



Peak, thirty miles away. The river winding among groves 

 of cottonwood through a broad lake like valley, of from three 

 to live miles in width, until it fades away in the distance, 

 forming one of the most attractive views in the catalogue. 



No. 202. Exit oV the Yellowstone, through the first canon, showing 

 a portion of the mountain range included in tin 1 - last view. 



No. 203. BOTELEB'S Kanch, on the Yellowstone, opposite Emigrant 

 Teak. A log cabin of the pioneer stamp, owned by three 

 brothers who have earned a wide reputation for whole-souled, 

 hearty hospitality. Jlereall wagons and extra baggage were 

 left, for beyond this point was nothing but a narrow trail, 

 (1871 y ) accessible only to the sure-footed mule or hardy 

 cayuse. 



No. 204. EMIGRANT Peak. A great volcanic cone on the east bank of 

 the Yellowstone opposite Boteler's, and the southern termi- 

 nus of the Y r ellowstone Snowy Range) elevation, 10,(529 

 feet, and 5,500 feet above the river at its base. On its north- 

 ern flank is the well-known Emigrant Gulch mining-district, 

 and the site of what was once Yellowstone City. 



No. 205. Yallev oe the Yellowstone. Six miles above l>oteler's, 

 looking north, great masses of volcanic breccia in the fore- 

 ground, a basaltic table in the middle distance, and in the 

 extreme distance the sharp crest of Emigrant Peak. 



No. 200. The loweb OR second canon of the Yellowstone, from 

 the lower end looking up. The granite walls rise in abrupt 

 angular lines one thousand feet or more above the turbulent 

 stream, forcing its way through the narrow channel at their 

 feet. 



No. 207. The second canon from its upper end looking down. 



No. 208. The second canon at the water's edge. On one side rise 

 abrupt perpendicular walls of gneiss, and on the opposite 

 side, less abrupt, are scattered a few cottouwoods among the 

 mass of rocky debris, affording pleasant shade lor the fisher- 

 man, for the river in this neighborhood is most abundantly 

 stocked with the largest and finest of trout. 



No. 209. Approach to Cinnabar Mountain from below, looking up 

 the river from the stand-point of No. 207. 



Nos. 210-213, are different views of Cinnabar Mountain and the Devil's 

 Slide, ten miles above the second canon. It is a mountain of 

 alternate beds of limestone, sandstone, quartzites, and volcanic 

 dikes, elevated to a very nearly vertical position, with the 

 softer strata so worn away as to leave the harder and more 

 enduring ridges standing. Our views include only the cen- 

 tral portion of the long series of ridges. Prominent among 

 them are two parallel walls, fifty feet apart and two hundred 



