tion lies Victoria, a quaint old English town, then on past 
San Juan Islands and a hundred other islands and through 
Georgia Strait to Vancouver, the beautiful metropolis of 
British Columbia. On the way is passed Esquimalt, Brit¬ 
ain’s great military Gibraltar of the Pacific Ocean. 
LAKE WASHINGTON 
Lake Washington is a beantiful body of fresh water lying 
on the eastern limits of the city. It is twenty-eight miles 
long, from one and one-half to four miles wide, and a most 
popular place for small pleasure boating. Its shores are 
densely wooded and dotted all around with charming summer 
homes. 
SNOQUALMIE FALLS 
But thirty-five miles from Seattle and the Hotel Perry is 
Snoqualmie Falls. This beautiful waterfall, a hundred feet 
higher than the world-famed Niagara, is an attraction well 
worth visiting. Situated in a most picturesque setting, 
surrounded by primeval forest, Snoqualmie Falls possesses 
a wild, untamed beauty that is fascinating. It is fed by 
Snoqualmie Paver, a glacial stream flowing out of the adja¬ 
cent Cascade Mountains, and teeming with trout and other 
game fish. Already Snoqualmie has been, at no expense of 
its beauty, harnessed to the use of mankind and its electric 
energy furnishes Seattle with light and power. The trip 
may be made very conveniently from Hotel Perry either by 
rail or automobile. 
A TRIP TO MOUNT RAINIER 
Rising seemingly from the very shores of Puget Sound, 
this magnificent mountain rears its stately head more 
than fourteen thousand feet in the air—the highest peak 
but one in the United States. Usually high mountains 
are but a succession of peaks, one a little higher than 
those surrounding it. But Rainier stands out alone in 
solemn, heroic grandeur. Because of its splendid loneli¬ 
ness, Rainier is the most impressive mountain in America, 
Alps, and, though less extensive than the ice streams of the 
Mount Blanc or Mount Rosa groups, are in their crevasses 
and serracs equally striking and equally worthy of close 
study. 
“We have nothing more beautiful in Switzerland or Tyrol, 
in Norway, or in the Pyrenees, than the Carbon River 
glaciers and the great Puyallups glaciers. Indeed, the ice 
in the latter is unusually pure, and the crevasses are unusually 
fine. The combination of ice scenery with woodland scenery 
of the grandest type is to be found nowhere in the Old 
World unless it be in the Himalayas, and, so far as I know, 
nowhere else on the American Continent.” 
FISH AND GAME 
The forested foothills about Seattle abound with game, 
from quail to deer, elk, mountain sheep, and bear. The 
salmon, halibut, and other salt-water fish inhabit the waters 
of Puget Sound. 
LAKE WASHINGTON CANAL 
The new $5,000,000 Government canal connecting Lake 
Washington and the Sound, the largest fresh-water non- 
tidal harbor, capable of floating at one time the ships of all 
the navies in the world. 
ALASKA 
For nearly a score of years a constant stream of gold from 
the wilds of Alaska has been flowing back to civilization 
through the gates of Seattle. At the same time Seattle has 
been, and always will be, the port from which most of the 
things needed by Alaska must be shipped. 
It is doubtful if ever in the history of the world has so 
great an amount of wealth been brought to one city in so 
short a period of time. From the standpoint of its develop¬ 
ment, Alaska is still a swaddling infant. With almost 
unlimited quantities of coal, copper, iron ore, and timber, 
Alaska’s past is but a mere indication of the greatness of her 
future. And Seattle is right in the path of her progress, not 
and, although sixty miles away, it looks to be in Seattle’s 
own dooryat'd. 
The Government has created a great National Park of 
Mount Rainier and its beautiful forest surroundings. The 
trip from Hotel Perry, either by rail or automobile, is delight¬ 
ful, passing over one of the greatest scenic boulevards in the 
world. The ascent of Mount Rainier may now be accom¬ 
plished under competent guides with safety, and views from 
the summit and from different points along the route are 
sublime. 
lion. James Bryce, noted author and mountain climber, 
and for many years British Ambassador at Washington, 
published his impression of Mount Rainier in part as follows: 
“The scenery is of rare and varied beauty. The Peak 
itself is as noble a mountain as I have ever seen, in its lines 
and structure. The glaciers which descend from its snow- 
fields present all the characteristic features of those in the 
to obstruct, but to help and hasten and to share in the won¬ 
derful prosperity that is in store for this wonderful region. 
Steamers ply regularly between Seattle and Alaskan 
points, and the location of the Hotel Perry is convenient to 
the steamer landings. 
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BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF SEATTLE WATER FRONT 
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