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traveler and nature lover. Then there is cliff after cliff, palisade upon palisade, mountain piled on mountain, with side streams and villages and landings breaking in upon the vision and giving an endless variety to the feast of good things, scenically, that charm the mind and minister to the emotions. But that which, perhaps, most of all, forms a scenic diversion is the series of beautiful cascades that so gracefully fall from the overhanging mountains or cliffs to the stream below. Of these fairy, film-like creations,

Cascade Locks and steamer Dalles City entering locks, Columbia River.

there are four that, by their beauty and permanence, have become world favorites. Latourelle, Horse Tail, Bridal Veil, and Multnomah falls are their names, each many hundreds of feet in height, and Multnomah, the highest, exceeds 800 feet. No two of them are much alike, each having its own decided peculiarities and individuality. One falls as a narrow strip of white lace, thin and swaying, a long, tenuous streamer, strongly marked against the dark cliff. Another, the embodiment of demureness, only

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