and hastened to camp. 
Shoshone Lake like the other lakes of the national 
Park is surrounded by low rounded densely timbered table 
lands. It is quite impossible to get fine lake views ex- 
cepting from the high -distant mountains. There an occasionally 
open but swampy meadow at the mouths of the inflowing 
creeks. But a bare hill or promontory of ordinary height 
would be a notable object. It will not be difficult, how- 
ever, to cut the timber from the best view point and in 
time doubtless this will be done..; for although the lakes 
of themselves would not be sufficient to induce visitors 
to undergo the hardship of a trip to such a wilderness, the 
various hot spring and geyser basins are not superseded by the 
greatest wonders the world can produce. 
August 25. 
dith Peale I took a look at the Shoshone hot spring end 
geysers (see another page). 

Started with Gannett anclwent to-uross divide to Madison 
river ana Lake. --11 the w ay up is the picho^em and laminated 
pitch porphyries, poor exposures. One good outlook toward 
the lake on the too flatish divide I got a specimen of light 
gray purrm.ceous rock. On the meadow side came to an ex- 
tension* outcropping of the porphyries in: layers dip 80 to 
90 feet . .trike east and west. Grossed one half to three 
fourth miles in thickness of these rocks. In the butte to 
the west head of Bachlors fork there are extensive outcrops 
