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 of the Universe. Great geologic problems of vast import in world creation are unfolded here. Mountains have been uplifted and cafions have been gashed through them; streams of lava from mighty volcanic vents that now stand as white, glacial peaks, have burned their way across the mightier stream of water; landslides, leaving behind almost bewildering effects, have taken place; magnificent palisades 2,000 and 3,000 feet in height are found, and rivers plunge over them to lose themselves in the greater river below. And in all this there is no sameness nor conventionalism. Nature is found here in original and concrete forms.



The Dalles, where the warfare between water and molten lava has been won by the former, is a place of wonderful interest, as are the Cascades, where the Columbia has been dammed by nature. Above the Cascades the currentless stream with its submerged trees is like a long mountain lake. Castle Rock, a stupendous pointed rock of lava, named by Lewis and Clark “Beacon Rock”; Lone and Pillar rocks, rising from midstream; Rooster Rock, a peculiar lava pillar, and Cape Horn, a grand lava cliff of monumental proportions, are all most attractive to the