SHOSHONE FALLS 



II 



trivial and personal thoughts out of the mind of the be- 

 holder. It is salutary to witness them occasionally if 

 only to winnow out of our minds the dust and chaff of the 



petty affairs of the day, and 

 feel the awe and hush that 

 comes over the spirit in their 

 presence. 



Shoshone Falls is probably second only to Niagara — 

 less in volume, but of greater height and with a far more 

 striking and picturesque setting. Indeed, it is a sort of 

 double Niagara, one of rocks and one of water, and the 

 beholder hardly knows which is the more impressive. 



