den in the bush near the point where they had barely escaped 
with their lives from the Indians. In this quest the two were suc¬ 
cessful. 
Mr. Wilson then described the general appearance of the Yel¬ 
lowstone Park to which he subsequently made his way again. 
Its boiling springs and geysers and the Mammoth Ilot springs 
were spoken of, and their peculiar configuration. Amongst 
other incidents, the lecturer described a very extraordinary electric 
storm in which he and 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 the two 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 making 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. Mr. Wilson and his companion had to run at 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. 
Mr. Wilson’s return march was southward from the Yellowstone 
Park to Rawlings, a small town on the Union Pacific line. 
