24 THE BOILING SPRINGS.

 

boil water, merely from the heat that
rises from them.

Sometimes one of these boiling springs
will be pretty quiet, and will send the
water up only a short distance. At
such times, if you throw a quantity of
large stones into the spring, you can
make the water rise again, as high as .
ever. The geyser acts as if it were
angry because the stones have been
thrown into its throat; and it sputters,
and -hisses, and roars, and spits, at
a great rate. In this respect, it acts
a little like some boys and girls that
I have seen. I will not mention any