. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. 5®*^, ^TGtimpses into ~ih& Dolores Jj#n& dorve trarw~the South Wesfr. holmes.] DOLORES CANON. 193 diate bases of the mountains and many dense clumps of spruces growin the more sheltered spots about the summits. Considerable areas arecovered by quaking-aspens and scrub-oaks, and on the rich alluvial de-posits at the base of the steeper slopes there is a dense growth of wildcherry, service-berry, and other bushes. There is also much good grass,but the omnipresent sage-brush is the chief product of the surroundingplain. There was running-water in a
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. 5®*^, ^TGtimpses into ~ih& Dolores Jj#n& dorve trarw~the South Wesfr. holmes.] DOLORES CANON. 193 diate bases of the mountains and many dense clumps of spruces growin the more sheltered spots about the summits. Considerable areas arecovered by quaking-aspens and scrub-oaks, and on the rich alluvial de-posits at the base of the steeper slopes there is a dense growth of wildcherry, service-berry, and other bushes. There is also much good grass,but the omnipresent sage-brush is the chief product of the surroundingplain. There was running-water in a few of the stream-courses, but notin any case a sufficient quantity to be utilized for irrigation. DOLORES CANON. On leaving the Abajo Peak our party marched eastward toward LoneCone, the most westerly point of the San Miguel Mountains. Althoughthe two points are distant from each other about 80 miles, both arein plain view throughout the greater part of the distance. Midway be-tween the two points the plain is cut by tbe canon of the Rio were led to hope, from t
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