Show IN THE yellowstone PARK A E edwards writes the progress from the caul on hotel yellowstone na park under date 0 aug 1 as follows we are now 10 erland and won derland and we find plenty of culosi ties of nature to absorb our attention and employ our time we have only small part of tue in this region yet but we begin to think we are being repaid for the time and expense of our long trip first thing of interest is the paint pots at the south thumb of the lake which we saw on the alt and they greatly surpassed our ica agitation agi nation in these one feels 1 ko they were treading on ground inter nal thera are seething guaglio gur glio coir ing bubbling holes ind caverns on evera hand crust a so very thin that wo vere in sua rense it every step lest d break through and crop into a pool of this bonhag vat er or mud there 13 ever consistency from thick glutinous clay to clear trans parent water all IQ a state of violent ab some s veiling up and v ing at intervals of from a few minutes to several hours these extend down to the shores 0 the lake and into the water A strong accod pani nearly all of tl eso pots and gey sers and we were reminded of this poem Ys the devil flew over yellowstone pirk on his way home one night abter dark bas he 1 don t know in what quarter I 1 roam but I 1 think from the smell I 1 am not tar from home the odors fam liar and appetizing my captives are busy roasting their shins the waters are boiling tor making nav broth woe be to h who incur reth mi wrath from here we drove to the lake ho tel at the lower end 0 the lake wherein the rear of the hotel we saw 16 bears of the grizzly and black fam lies that tre the garbage pile in quest of food to which the tourists all hepnir in the evening to see old bruin in his cativo and wild state the lake hotel is a very imposing structure and vill accommodate about guests bites 84 and 6 per dav between here and the canon june tion we saw the mud geyser or volcano ahe crater of is about 50 feet in diameter and funnel shape havin a very disagreeable odor fhe bo ling mud which 13 in a turbulent abul ton is roost antly burled against the sides and makes a very repulsive experience this gear had an eruptive period in when huge masses of earth and mud were hurled hundreds of ards in the air the church ind other are near bv the grand canon affords sonae verv beautiful scenery ahe kuppr falls dropping a distance of feet are a minor attraction after the lover falls have been v sited which fall vertical feet w th a deafen og roar send ng hundreds of feet below ibe depth of the canon below the falls n more than 1200 feet and the river looks like a tiny ahen seen fam the top |