site till Dry Creek is reached between 1½ and 2 miles farther on. Forage is scarce, and as there is not much water at the next point (2 miles from Dry Creek) it is well to be prepared to go clear on to the Thumb, 9 miles from De Lacy Creek.
Soon after leaving De Lacy Creek the road comes out on Shoshone Point from which Shoshone Lake is in plain sight and the Teton Mountains can be seen on a clear day. There is fine fishing in Shoshone Lake, which can be reached on horseback by following down De Lacy Creek for a distance of about 3 miles from the main road.
The road descends a little from Shoshone Point and then climbs to the Continental Divide again at an altitude of 8,345 feet (i5j4 miles from Upper Basin).
From this point it pitches rapidly down through dense timber until within 1 mile of the Thumb, when a glimpse of Yellowstone Lake is had. A little later Duck Lake is passed far below the road on the left.
As the road leads out to the lake shore the soldier station is on the left where the road forks. The road to the right leads to the
