. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . lAngelo and of Beethoven. That river channel, the profoundest depth, and actuallymore than six thousand feet below the point of view, is inseeming a rather insignificant trench, attracting the eyemore by reason of its sombre tone and mysterious sugges-tion than by any appreciable characteristic of a chasm. Itis nearly five miles distant in a straight line, and its upper-most rims are three thousand feet beneath the observer,whose measuring capacity is entirely inadequate to thedemand made by such magnitudes. On
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . lAngelo and of Beethoven. That river channel, the profoundest depth, and actuallymore than six thousand feet below the point of view, is inseeming a rather insignificant trench, attracting the eyemore by reason of its sombre tone and mysterious sugges-tion than by any appreciable characteristic of a chasm. Itis nearly five miles distant in a straight line, and its upper-most rims are three thousand feet beneath the observer,whose measuring capacity is entirely inadequate to thedemand made by such magnitudes. One cannot believethe distance to be more than a mile as the crow flies,before descending the wall or attempting some other form THE GRAND CANYON 83 of actual measLii-ement. Merc brain knowledge counts forlittle against the illusion under which the organ of visionis here doomed to labor. That red cliff upon your right,darkening from white to gray, yellow and brown as yourglance descends, is taller than the Washington Auditorium in Cliicago would not cover one-half its. tk-:?!_-Lit Co/ijri^/it, li^ l^ippiiuoit KoHONixo Forest and Point from near Comanche Point. perpendicular span. Yet it does not greatly impress idly toss a pebble toward it, and are surprised to notehow far the missile falls short. Subsequently you learnthat the cliff is a good half-mile distant. If you care foran abiding sense of its true proportions, go over to thetrail that begins beside its summit, and clamber down toits base and back. You will return some hours later, andwith a decided respect for a small Grand Canyon it is insignificant; in that sense your first esti-mate was correct. Were Vulcan to cast it bodily into thechasm directly beneath your feet, it would pass for a 84 IN AND AROUND boulder, if indeed it were discoverable to the unaided the immediate chasm itself is only the first step of along terrace that leads down to the innermost gorge andthe river.
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