. To California and back; . LTHOUGH your introduction is byway of a long tunnel, followed by awinding mountain pass down whosesteep incline the train rushes as if toregain the low level from which the journeywas begun, you will find New Mexico a terri-tory in the sky. If its mountain ranges wereleveled smoothly over its valleys and plains theentire area of more than 120,000 square mileswould stand higher above the sea than thesummit of any peak of the Catskills or theAdirondacks. Its broad upland plains, thatstretch to a horizon where wintry peaks towerhigh above the bold salients of gray-mott
. To California and back; . LTHOUGH your introduction is byway of a long tunnel, followed by awinding mountain pass down whosesteep incline the train rushes as if toregain the low level from which the journeywas begun, you will find New Mexico a terri-tory in the sky. If its mountain ranges wereleveled smoothly over its valleys and plains theentire area of more than 120,000 square mileswould stand higher above the sea than thesummit of any peak of the Catskills or theAdirondacks. Its broad upland plains, thatstretch to a horizon where wintry peaks towerhigh above the bold salients of gray-mottledfoothills, themselves lie at an altitude that inthe Eastern States must be sought among theclouds, and at no time will you fall much belowan elevation of 5,000 feet in traversing the por-tion of the territory that lies along the presentroute. The landscape is oriental in aspect andflushed with color. Nowhere else can you findsky of deeper blue, sunlight more dazzling. shadows more intense, clouds more luminouslywhite, or
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