. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . aces can the water surfacebe seen. In its windings, the abyss which holds it extendsfor a short distance towards us, and the line of vision THE GRAND CANYON 109 enters the gorge lengthwise. Above and below this shortreach the gorge swings its course in other directions, andreveals only a dark, narrow opening, while its nearer wallhides its depth. This inner chasm is one thousand totwelve hundred feet deep. Its upper two hundred feet isa vertical ledge of sandstone of a dark rich brownishcolor. Beneath it lies t
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . aces can the water surfacebe seen. In its windings, the abyss which holds it extendsfor a short distance towards us, and the line of vision THE GRAND CANYON 109 enters the gorge lengthwise. Above and below this shortreach the gorge swings its course in other directions, andreveals only a dark, narrow opening, while its nearer wallhides its depth. This inner chasm is one thousand totwelve hundred feet deep. Its upper two hundred feet isa vertical ledge of sandstone of a dark rich brownishcolor. Beneath it lies the gran-ite of a dark iron-gray shade,verging towards black, and lend-ing a gloomy aspect to thelowest deeps. In one place per-haps a half a mile of the river isdisclosed. A pale, dirty red,without glimmer or sheen, amotionless surface, a small fea-tureless spot, enclosed in thedark shade of the granite, is allof it that is here visible. Yetwe know it is a large river, ahundred and fifty yards wide,with a headlong torrent foam-ing and plunging over rockyrapids. — C. A. Copyright by F. H. Maude. Thor Hammer. A little, and only a little,less impressive than thesrreat wall almost surround- insf us are the buttes which dot the inner surfacesof the Canyon in every direction the eye chances to And such buttes ! All others in the West, saving onlythe peerless Temples of the Virgen, are mere trifles incomparison with those of the Grand Canyon. In nobilityof form, beauty of decoration, and splendor of color, theTemples of the Virgen must, on the whole, be awardedthe palm ; but those of the Grand Canyon, while barelyinferior to them in those respects, surpass them in magni- no IN AND AROUND tude and fully equal them in majesty. But while theValley of the Virgen presents a few of these superlativecreations, the Grand Canyon presents them by this relation the comparison would be analogous to onebetween a fine cathedral town and a metropolis likeLondon or Paris. In trut
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