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cessiye plunges, then hiding itself in the
emerald shadows OF the foliage. Nearer
yet, but still So far away that not muir
muring tone can break the silence where
We stand. bold, strong river rushes 10
masses of snowy foam from the abrupt
edge of table land into the unseen and
deep abyss of the vale below. 1t is lost
to sight from where We stand ere yet its
descent is finished, and so appears as If
passing through riven gap in earth's
surface out into the realms of Infinite
space beneath. Near yet, but with a
wide distance from us, rounded mound.
shaped cone rises mid the half encircling
hills that tower so far above it; and that
mound-like cone that we look so far
down upon, stands above the noisy river
at its base more than twice one thousand
feet, and still it puny seems beside its
giant neighbors.
Still nearer on our right, proudly
stands q terraced mount formed of
basaltic columns; a fitting temple for
the Fiends of old. Column upon col
umn rise in weird aud mysterious con-
formation, making vast anphitheatre
in which mighty multitude Of count.
less thousands might congrega!e un-
crowded. 1t is a harsh, bold feature of
the scene; and brings u shudder to the
locker on, by its dread solemnity. 1t
might be here that the Demons of Evil
wrought out the sins that worked end
less horrors to the souls of men.
Whichever way the eye may look
over this wide expanse, there comes be.
tween it and the midday sky tall spires
Of rocky mounts all pointing upward to
their builder, God! Every feature of the
view presents picture of sublimity and
grandeur, magnificent in its vast proper
tons, and attractive by its rare and in
trinslc beauty of light and shade, and
glorious coloring, while over all, the
clear blue sky, glowing in the rich ef-
fulgence of flood of sunshine, shows a
marked contrast between the ethereal
heaven and the msterialistic earth.
Looking down upon the valley from
which we have so toilsomely climbed to
the'spOt where we stand, all the features
which were SO plain to notice while
travelling among them, are now lost to
view 10 an indistinct blending of form
and substance. One little glimpse is all
We can gain of the rushing river whose
turbulent floods delayed us so long. The
adobe houses with their earth covered
roofs cannot be distinguished from the
foliage surrounding them, Large open
clearings have shrunk to mere spots of
lighter hue than the broader masses OF
forest. Looking down upon the course
We are to travel, We gaze with bated
breath upon the steep declivity, down
which the cautious mules have got to
bear US, and looking across the space be.
fore US We see countless succession OF
mountain ranges and intervening val
leys, and our hearts almost fail us ut the
prospect of long, and toilsome, and
tedious journeying.
But the train is moving, the muleteer's
profanity has resumed its impressiveness
upon the long ears of the mules, which
think must have been created so
large to enable them to receive all the
oaths their destiny has decreed they shall
listen to; and the half-rssted animals
with cautious care plod their way through
the still, sombre, gloomy ravine through
which our descending path takes its
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AT the foot Of the mountains we