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Show The Pcnlcn of Pyram I d Lake. Miss Julia Hyde of this city, writing i from Sheepshcad. Washoe county, gives the following passing glance at Pyramid lake: '"I shall never forget the first sight of the lake. It was Bimply grand. We drove along the shore for twenty-five miles. For a long time wo were in sight of the towering pyramidal rock from which the lake derives its name. South of this rock, in the center of the lower portion of the lake. Is another large mass of rock, which resembles a pyramid in form; and near the northwest end or corner of the lako are what are called 'Tho Three Pyramids.' Seen from a distance dis-tance they present the apiearance of three pyramids, but when you reach a part of the lake near them you find they number about a dozen. The water of the lako is n deep and beautiful blue. Waves at times rise to an astonishing height on the lake, nnd breakers roll in upon the shorn, which are quite formidable. formid-able. "I think I have never In my lifo seen a more glorious sunset than that I witnessed wit-nessed here on the evening of mv arrival. ar-rival. The western sky was a mass of purple, vermilion and gold, resembling painted and gilded towers. From the deep blue of tho lake rose the sun tipped pyramids of the lower world, ns though towering to meet those of the more ctheral realms above, while between all the air seemed tilled with a quivering golden haze. All in tliis wild and treeless tree-less region seemed a dazzling picture done in vermilion, blue and gold. Virginia Vir-ginia City Enterprise. |