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Title: The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Wiley, William Halsted, 1842-1925 Wiley, Sara King, 1871-1909
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Publisher: London, Offices of "Engineering" New York, J. Wiley & sons
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e for basketlunches and an outlook into the open Pacific. The shore below is filled withhappy children playing in the sand, or wading in the water. But the greatattractions at the Cliff House are the Seal Eocks, shown in Figs. 72 and 73.As these animals are protected by law, they have multiplied rapidly, and area never failing source of entertainment. It is impossible to imagine anyanimal having a better time than the seals, and when swimming in thewater they are a most pleasing sight. Their heads with their large and 102 The Yosemite, Alaska, and the Yellowstone. beautiful eyes, have a wonderful appearance, but when they get on therocks, and waddle with a heavy lumbering motion, wriggling their hugesatiny bodies along the earth, they resemble huge slugs. The waves areconstantly breaking against these rocks, and one of the favourite amuse-ments of the seal is to hold on close to the edge and let the waves wash himoff. The old bulls frequently indulge in a fight, and butt each other or
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Fig. 73. Sea Lions, San Francisco. strike with their flijDpers, uttering the most tremendous roars of rage.Their size is very great, and it was stated they will consume from 40 lb. to60 lb. of fish each per day. Mr. Sutros philanthropy does not stop with the park he has laid out.At the time of our visit, he was completing an enormous marine aquarium,having excavated, at a great expense, a large plot containing many acres at San Francisco. 103 the base of the cliff, and in the centre he has left a part of the originalrock, which will be an island. Adjacent to this aquarium are very largeswimming baths provided with an arrangement of steam pipes by whichthe water may be heated to any desired temperature, the floors of thembeing cement. This is to be free to the public. The method of supplyingthe sea water shows not only that Mr. Sutro is an engineer, but that hisexperience with the celebrated Sutro Tunnel is still in his mind. The seawater comes through a tunnel connected with a large s

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