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THE TWO TAHOMA GLACIERS MAY BE SEEN THROUGH THEIR WHOLE COURSES
FROM INDIAN HENRYS HUNTING GROUND
The Tahoma, on the left, begins at the summit; the South
Tahoma begins in the cirque just below Point Success, the highest
point shown in the picture; they circle in opposite directions
around rocky Glacier Island and join in the foreground
Photograph by Curtis & Miller
EVERYWHERE, BETWEEN AND TOUCHING THE ICY GLACIER FINGERS, ARE GORGEOUS
GARDENS OF LUXURIANT WILD FLOWERS
"As if Nature," writes John Muir, "glad to make an open
space between woods so dense and ice so deep, were economizing
the precious ground"
Photograph by Curtis & Miller
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