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Rh 8,000 feet, in America. The other lakes are Shoshone, Lewis and Heart Lakes. The falls of the Yellowstone are most magnificent. The Grand Canyon, ten miles long, with an average depth of over a thousand feet, is one of the most brilliantly colored landscapes in existence. The geysers outclass anything in the world. Cliffs of volcanic origin, mountains of petrifactions beautiful waterfalls, hills of brimstone, snow-capped peaks, charming valleys with thousands of natural curiosities, make this the wonderland of the world.

The Mammoth Hot Springs is where the Mammoth Hotel and Fort Yellowstone are situated. Substantial roads and bridges have been construced from Gardner, on the very edge of the park and the terminus of the Yellowstone Park branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad, to all the chief