. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . the right narrows anddescends with fearful rapidity. Our trail dodgesin and out, around immense boulders that havefallen from the walls above where stone toadstoolsstand threateningly toppling and near, and greatpetrified toads, w^eighing perhaps half a million tons,every moment startle us by their apparent readi-ness to jump. Every step reveals strange red sandstone houses,citadels, giants heads, monster forms as variousand inconceivable as those of summer clouds. All off your horses ! is the cry, and wedismou
. In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona . the right narrows anddescends with fearful rapidity. Our trail dodgesin and out, around immense boulders that havefallen from the walls above where stone toadstoolsstand threateningly toppling and near, and greatpetrified toads, w^eighing perhaps half a million tons,every moment startle us by their apparent readi-ness to jump. Every step reveals strange red sandstone houses,citadels, giants heads, monster forms as variousand inconceivable as those of summer clouds. All off your horses ! is the cry, and wedismount. We are about to make a perilous turn,where there is but room for the unencumberedhorses; so, bridles in hand, we lead them, pass thisdanger spot, and find ourselves out of TopocobyaCanyon upon a sliding, dangerous shelf in Rattle- THE GRAND CANYON 265 snake Canyon. The sandstone ledge upon whichwe now walk is two hundred feet or more abovethe bed of the stream. The surface of the ledgeis rounded off and slopes rapidly towards theprecipice edge. A slip or a stumble and a man. Shields and Pictogkaphs on Walls of Havasu Canvon. or horse once started down that rounded surfacewould stop only on the ravine bed below, unlessProvidence specially interposed in his behalf. Butas we are all sure-footed and steady-nerved, wereach the end of the shelf in safety, where anotherflight of stairs down the terraced edges of therock brings us to the bed of the ravine, where,retracing our steps, w^e leave Rattlesnake Canyon,make a curve of a few feet, and are in Havasu(Cataract) Canyon itself. 266 IN AND AROUND On the left is a large sandstone rock on whichrude representations of the Great Serpent, variousshields, hands, antelope, and men are depicted,all of which are held in great reverence by theHavasupais. The road, or trail, is now comparatively smoothand easy. The bed of the stream is rough, rocky,or sandy, and the walls grow more precipitous aswe descend. The curves and angles of the ravi
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