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Title: Touring Alaska and the Yellowstone
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Taylor, Charles M. (Charles Maus), 1849-
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs & Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ystal over-flow is exquisite in form and color. Here is the Morning Glory, another quiet pool,about twenty feet in diameter, with delicatelycolored rim and deep blue transparent waters: andnow quite suddenly we come upon the Fan,Mortar, and Riverside Geysers, on the river bank atthe road crossing. They do not favor us with anexhibition of their powers. In rapid succession,and almost too quickly for record follow severalgeysers, then comes the Indicator, heralding theGrotto, whose cavern-like crater is worthy of es-pecial attention. This geyser casts its stream fullythirty feet in the air, with an eruption lasting abouttwenty minutes. A short distance farther is thebroken crater of one of the greatest geysers in thePark. And now come Comet, Splendid and Daisy,all having their regular periods of eruption, inwhich their waters are thrown from fifty to twohundred feet in the air. They are all beautiful, yeteach possesses its individual charm. The Punch Bowl is a lovely spring, situated on
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In the Upper Geyser Basin 347 the summit of a small mound about five feet inheight, and ten in diameter. It is set in a frame ofbrilliant color, eighteen inches high, and its constantoverflow gives it a glistening appearance which isvery attractive. These rapidly changing scenes, the exquisitecoloring of this region, and the excitement of theconstant eruptions have a bewildering effect uponus, and we wonder if it is possible for anythingmore marvellous to appear. Our driver smiles, ashe changes his quid of tobacco from one side of hismouth to the other, and drawls: You haventonly made a beginning. Whoa! and we stop infront of the Black Sand Basin, one of the loveliestsprings in the Upper Basin. The waters of thespring are of a delicate blue, and are set in a daintyrim, ornamented by what resembles a fungousgrowth. The sloping sides are covered with acrust of mingled brown and creamy tints, borderedwith pitch stone or obsidian; from one side flows astream, which blends the most delicat

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