What to see in America . 446 What to See in America ^k^^^^. Bottomless Pits near Flagst the ground,})roken into sec-tions in what wasonce the bed ofan ancient of them re-tain their are certainslopes where theyHe tumbled to-gether as if wholequarries of marbleand onyx hadbeen dynamited, and the sections of a tree seldom lie in linein their original positions. Commercial exploitation of thepetrified wood is improbable because it is so hard as to al-most defy polishing by machinery. Fifty miles west of Adamana is Winslow at the south endof the Painted Desert. This desert is
What to see in America . 446 What to See in America ^k^^^^. Bottomless Pits near Flagst the ground,})roken into sec-tions in what wasonce the bed ofan ancient of them re-tain their are certainslopes where theyHe tumbled to-gether as if wholequarries of marbleand onyx hadbeen dynamited, and the sections of a tree seldom lie in linein their original positions. Commercial exploitation of thepetrified wood is improbable because it is so hard as to al-most defy polishing by machinery. Fifty miles west of Adamana is Winslow at the south endof the Painted Desert. This desert is a district of undulatingplains and bright-colored cliffs which extend far northwardinto Utah. About sixty miles north of Winslow are theseven Sky Cities of the Hopi Indians perched on threemesas that project into the Painted Desert. Below thevillages are cornfields, peach orchards, and gardens. Eachvillage has its own spring and its own shrines. The SnakeDance which occurs in late August is one of the most interest-ing of the Hopi ceremonies. The women of
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