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Various geological interpre- tations have been given for the obstruction formed here, but it has generally been ascribed to landslides. Apparently awful wrenchings have taken place, whole mountain-sides have been ripped, sliced, torn -vio- lently from the mother range, and have slid bodily toward and into the stream. It is rare, indeed, that one sees such an instance of it as here. Above the Cascades near Viento the stumps of submerged trees may be seen in the water along the beach and miles of wonderful palisades crown the heights above. Near the renowned Dalles is Memaloose island, the place of the Indian dead. There are really a number of Memaloose islands around the Dalles and all of them were used as burial places, but the particular Mem- aloose island is below Dalles City, and is known by a rough stone monument which marks the last resting place of Vic. Trevitt, a white man, who pre- ferred sepulture there to being buried in the white man's bur- ial ground. Bones and skulls are now found scattered over these islands in general disor- der. Lhe Dalles, which lie some miles above the town of the same name, have never failed to excite the wonder of the traveler. They extend for sev- eral miles, and the river, compressed MARINE REVIEW PALISADES OF THE COLUMBIA. fe eager sea admirals. Her fleets will never want for men to take command and face the en- emfy. She has also a few ad- mirals who have never been on the sea, except as passengers for a holiday trip, and whose knowiedge of a man-of-war is mainly derived from pictures in the papers. There is the old marquis of Donegal. He is he- reditary lord admiral of Lough Neagh. A big-sized lake it is, covering over 150 square miles, and not only the largest in Ire- land, but in the United King- dom. No other lake has an admiral of its own. The duke of Argyll is admiral of the western coast of Scotland and the isles. His grace, who is the king's brother-in-law, is not a sailor, and has no great liking for yachting. Centuries ago the McCallum More, as admiral, kept a pretty tight hand over the western coast line and exacted dues from ships. Skippers of coasting craft were careful not to of- fend the chief at Inverary cas- tle. Although the new lord provost of Edinburgh is a draper by trade, he is also by virtue of his office lord admi- ral of the Firth of Forth. In Queen Mary's time the lord provost had control- of: the Forth, and all movements of warships were regulated through him. He is even: yet entitled to an admiral's salute when he boards a battleship in the Mio. a narrow channel or chan- nels, rushes, boils, seethes through a magnificent flow of basalt, having ab- rupt, vertical walls. Whirlpools and eddies are innu- merable. Lewis and Clark shot' these rapids successfully, and the Hudson Bay ..Co's . men used often to take chances, but it is dangerous in the extreme and many lives have been lost. ADMIRALS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SEA. England has many efficient and APPROACHING THE RAPIDS OF THE COLUMBIA. estuary. Singularly enough, the pres- ent lord provost, who is an enthusi- astic volunteer, ,is both colonel and honorary colonel of his regiment, the Queen's Edin- burgh, 'the Jatter rank being attach- ed to his office as head of the city. As regards the old seaport of Leith, not only 46. the provost an admi- ral of the Forth, but the bailies are entitled to 'style themselvés admi- rals depute. In the case -of Leith, the present chief mag- istrate, as a ship- owner, is connect- ed with the sea.