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& the point where they had bariiy escaps 
e Indians. In tliis quest t'iie twhhbei'e ^dc ,-0 M 1 ( 
’OAfufifiLMl Aul^i 
cribed the general appearance of the Yel r 
ch he subsequently made his way again. 
1 geysers and the Mammoth- Hot springs 
their peculiar configuration. Amongst 
urer described a very extraordinary electric 
his assistant were caught when engaged 
in making topographical observations / on Electric Peak,—a 
mountain over 11,000 feet'high, situated at the northern edge of 
the Park. The thunder clouds rolled up from the valleys and 
canons below, and enveloped tlmtwo observers, while flashes of 
lightning struck various points around them. Mr. Wilson 
described the electricity as producing a tingling sensation at the 
roots of the hair, then maxing their pencils click with a sharp 
sound, as they recorded/their notes ; while from the brass instru¬ 
ments and pointed rocks musical sounds were emitted, which 
might have been heard fifty yards away. It seemed a strange 
burst of mountain music gushing from everything around, but 
evidently produced by the mysterious touch of the dark thunder 
clouds, lyfr. Wilson and his companion had to run ap. last and 
find shelter amongst some rocks. The peak they had been on 
was struck by a thunderbolt within a minute after they had left it. 
Wilson’s return march was southward from the Yellowstone 
*ark to Rawlings, a small town on the Union Pacific line. * 
