Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ks, we looked upon a cliff,fifty feet high, which actually had been in the making duringthe year. Unusually heavj^ snows, followed by late butrapid thaws had caused the sinking and sliding of large landmasses, thus exposing what represents, undoubtedly, the rimof an ancient crater. In crossing this section we had to usethe utmost caution to prevent the horses from falling intocrevasses two and three feet wide and many feet deep. On our rides we often came to sheep camps. If it hap-pened to be meal time the etiquette of the mountains re-quired our dining with the she
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . ks, we looked upon a cliff,fifty feet high, which actually had been in the making duringthe year. Unusually heavj^ snows, followed by late butrapid thaws had caused the sinking and sliding of large landmasses, thus exposing what represents, undoubtedly, the rimof an ancient crater. In crossing this section we had to usethe utmost caution to prevent the horses from falling intocrevasses two and three feet wide and many feet deep. On our rides we often came to sheep camps. If it hap-pened to be meal time the etiquette of the mountains re-quired our dining with the sheepherder. Most of the menare young and of a fine, sturdy type. Some follow this call-ing during the summer only as a means of paying their waythrough college. Their wages are from $60 to $75 per monthand keep. The herds, usually containing 1,000 to 1,500sheep, have to be moved every few days to provide freshpasture. At such times young lambs are apt to go frequently came upon the poor creatures, feebly bleating 48. MARKAGUNT PLATEAU, 90C0 FEET as they heard us. If there appeared to be a chance to savetheir hves, we would carry them to the nearest ranch to bebrought up as bottle babies. After ten days in the delightful cool climate on theKolob Plateau we descended again into the torrid zone of thelowlands and before returning to Bellevue spent a day atHurricane. Here the Virgin River has cut through theHurricane Fault forming a canyon 1,500 feet deep. Nearthe base of the canyon are several hot sulphur springs, theirpellucid waters gushing out of the ledges above the way up the face of the canyon, blasted into the solidIock, is a canal which, from its source six miles up the rivercarries water to the extensive plain below the HurricaneFault. On my visit in 1904, before the canal had been com-pleted, this plain was impressive only by its desolation; to-day it supports a town of nearly 2,000 people. Northwest, about one mile from the town is SkeletonCave. For
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