Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . el. Hut I up the furrowed sides of the steep range .; hi ,;ii foel i the ,!,[],, 11. ii iv*? l» I n in IM rin l i li i- at ;i [nding around the peaks like -i b oorkn new. No living man ib what direction the train is ,.,,,,,.. ., n iiinci-, performs a series of liing in distance except ,,, i he in ection of the cl Is \\ e look :. nalffl bj up the summit and? ..: detachmenl ol the train al bnoin\ where we were some half or three-quarters of an hour ago, now almostdirectly below us aboul 500 feet. Fivehundred feel above us still another de-tachme
Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . el. Hut I up the furrowed sides of the steep range .; hi ,;ii foel i the ,!,[],, 11. ii iv*? l» I n in IM rin l i li i- at ;i [nding around the peaks like -i b oorkn new. No living man ib what direction the train is ,.,,,,,.. ., n iiinci-, performs a series of liing in distance except ,,, i he in ection of the cl Is \\ e look :. nalffl bj up the summit and? ..: detachmenl ol the train al bnoin\ where we were some half or three-quarters of an hour ago, now almostdirectly below us aboul 500 feet. Fivehundred feel above us still another de-tachment toils and puffs vi|i tin 1 incline, also in full view of us. Appar- ivnll\ I lie three detachments- are mi different r 1- converging in different in. us, nothing being more common than the inquiry ol ? passenger as to wheretin two other roads led and what theirnames were. At intervals on the ; in c\ti nl from a few 1 I oilc were passed. The higher altitudes, particularly at the crowning. point «>r Marshall Pass, had some peculiar1 rotations in reserve from its ratified at- 1 pherc. One had to take rig is - puffs to gel anything like comfort- IU aerial accommodation, and even slight MTtions were productive of unusual ?iirmcss. When we had passed the sum- iil and began to roll down the stoop decline ?! intain, the engines were made ? ive, the train being propelled solely Ijj the force of gravitation. Even thru <if th. steam brakes ??• ? ?? accessary to prevent our rushing pell Ill to destruction. Hen again a e ii tiowsheds wore passed, their immaculate ? Mm 1 sparkling in the strong lighl of the The cool, pnre air was a delightful im the stifling heat, smoke and »m«lls from the gianl engines when strug- -ln,: along the ascent, The mountains ? I iw we bad ther di sort ? ai \ of hundreds of miles beforeth) Black Canyon. on La aboul 7 miles in length,its name from the bl uform itoaides. The scenes here worcelj 1,
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