Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-09-13

afr i; to dlink from g. small ap7
 nsrrow hole. I'then flied my hat
 and offered it ta him, he rcfu ed that also ana did not blame him. There
 was nothing lief but 10 pu on to
 Clanto- $ which pla e reached dur,
 ing the afternoon. For the first five
 miles after leaving the Tanks the country rises rapdly, until at the
 ;up If ihe slope, where the descent to Camp Greek ommenres, the view on all sides is grand and extended, comprising all the mountain system in Haricopa county, besides some of
 Piral, Pima and Yuma counties.
 Altng the southern line of the hori, zen the isolated White Ia k noun, fains loom up solitary and desolate, nearer and with more delicate sky lines the Sierra de la EstTella stand
 blue and hazy in the intense heat, while the little Salt River mountains
 inst south of Phoenix, seem dwarf to ant hills beside. more lofty sum- mits. Far in the south east eau be cen Saca on mountain and others around Florence, while in the eas the bold buitresses of Expectations mountain almost hld- the huge
 finger of "Weaver's Needle" ard the
 Mcdowell mountains in the fore
 ground hut out the view of the
 beautiful Verde river. Four Peaks the hIghezt mountain in the, rears oft bis quadruple crested summlts,
 arim visaged and scared with many sto. III and thunderbolt, and still
 further uorthward Mt. Ord towers proudly above ts fellow Mazstzals
 looking down on one side into Tonto
 Basin and On he other the valley of the Verde. saddle mUuntaln further north in inc same range appears lultirr than all the others, for it II ses
 wIth one clear spring of 5000 feet
 from the pIgmIes below ii; but
 AloIth Peak fat at the northern ter minus ms more wild and lonely,
 black and Dri ting wIh it's pines and frownipg down into is dark dream haun:ed valleys, the home of th bear and tue catam0unt. Far in the west across the classic ch hinnel of the Hassay ampa the graceful rounded dome of Vulture Peak .s D in ed in delicate blue upon the sky, ard nearer on the same line the
 Wh te .P;cacho mountains are plaln> I visible.
 1 ook snpner at Clanton's, thirty eigAt miles from Phoenix. How re- frc>n,ng after toilins over dry dusty ae. ert 10 plunge into this D. au,iful shady little caifol and breathe the damp fr' sh air of the mountains. que.ching an all day lhir7i with icy spring water, or with iise fir. shest ot milk and richest O. cream.
 Nr. C anton, one If the most cx- sive Cd e and tick raisrrs of Mari> cppa coI"ty, has large .fcoves of horses inl c, tie rrnilg over his broad r,.s. His ela,n takes il all the availfbi w&,ero Camp Gee tius >ecufin to his stock ne uaiii, tu bsd poss -ssio9 of the rtc1 az in-, hud ll h. vi init. winch is capable Of suppo lns 5000 mead f cutie. L oki g up and icwn the canon fir m iTr. T .n5)n's h) ls,, all IS one mass of vcrdure. Ash. syca- mere and h.,cN berry are the nrevail> ing trees, and the Sh. le efthese is ny twining grape vines, and other climbing plants which connect tree with rec il an intricate mass If fsliaee, which is imperetra be to he noond y sud.
 From Cianton's overto the Verde il is ten pretty good sized miles, over high grassy hills cut up by steep, narrow guiches. Flower, were plen- liful along the rad and in brigh patches on the slop s, anl yellow seems to be ihe favorite colo in Ma turr's paint box, for out of eleven different varieties which I noticed eight were yellow. two red and one was white. Wh,le ascending the nil deer stepre out Tn the road short ii lance In front of me, but my horse had all he could do to carry me without any additional weight 30 I was spared the embarrassment of trying a shot and missing.
 On the sum ,.it of last and hi iehest bill, before the long descent to tn Verde commences a view of
 he entire Mazaizal ranges, stretch> iag from Sat river to he east fork If the Verde, gleams like painting on he eastern s.y Although some fifteen miles distant by air line. So clear was the atmosp ere that every gully gorge aud precipice was piain- y visib c. and no object intervened O eb truct he vision, az the rlver and valley were still out of sight iar below nie. Mazatzal is an Indian name; the APaches say it signifies , Id and wintry. If SO it is eminent l. ppropriate to the range have 'Iept up on Norih Peak in midsum s---,-haory, hIank-t--rt---e scarcely >ufflcieat for comfort, and the dew Iha fats there drenches h grass like a heavy rain.
 While pausing {, gaze on this ON ended V ew 1 treated to ne or Nature freaks who=e effect are IT te fam5iit IT 70 Arrz uans, but Rnose modu- operaadi IS known te bu. few. IL Was "cloud burst " The name is rather an ambiguous 'ne aad I have alway+ hal 8 desire .o kn wjust what t signifird.