seem to be a number of hot springs and pools in the 
meadows. The Creek runs over a bed of find sand 
and has a firm bed for fording. The beautiful 
V 
curved and ledged bar around the lake is composed 
of loose volcanic gravel and coarse, sand. The lake 
seems quite shallow, however, toward the border 
of the west end. There seem to be trout and a few 
pelicans swimming about and loons laugh. 
;e entered the heavy pine timber by an elk 
trail which led us up the gentle slope through 
small parks and delicious forest. A mile up we 
encountered fallen timber and undergrowth, and at 
the creek which flows down the face of Flat 
Mountain and turns east toward the lake the 
traveling was quite tedious. The forest is not 
of large growth but very dense and continuous, 
there is a break from the lake to the summit, a 
distance of 10 miles (air line) and say 12 with 
meander ings. e were a little over 3 hours reaching 
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the crest of the bluff, which lies immediately 
over the S.W. arm of Yellowstone Lake. The butte 
has a pretty large area of flattish surface. The 
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East and South slopes are gentle, but north and 
west a sharp bluff face extends around the Mountain 
a few short angles extend out from which fair views 
can be had of the country west and north. The view 
