Arizona republican., 1899-04-01

pie of Sett viii be recognized after
 close scrutiny in just determinable
 penstroke of detail. A memorably
 gorgeous OIympian height that domi-
 hated everything for the space of a
 mile will be seen to be nothing more
 than the perpendicular front of the red
 wall limestone, topped up ard away | by retreating summits, hidden from be- l low, that reduce it now to the untm- l portance of l mere girdle. The yer dant, fiOweTed expanse of notable rug gedness below the rock cabin will be discoverab1e in a small sFnccth patch or marble hue. The terrific deepS tha. part the walls of hundreds of castles and tuTrets Qf mountainous bulk will
 be appTehended mainly through the memory of upward locks from the bot tom. while towers and obstruct.Ons and yawning Assures that were deemed events of the trail will be wholly in distinguishable. although they are | known to lie somewhere flat beneath the eye. The comparative insignif- canoe of what "a termed grand sights in other parts of the world is now clearly revealed Twenty Yoscmites nj ght lie unpe.ceived anywhere below. Niagara, that Mecca of marvel seekers, would net here possess the dignity of trout stream. Your companion, standing at a short distance on the verge, is an insect to the eye.
 Still such particulars cannot long hold the attention, for the panorama is the real oya.mastering charm. It ls never twice the same. Although you think you have spelt out every temple and peak anu escarpment, as the angle of sunlight changes there begins a ghOstly advance of colossal Q. fa1 bc,- e-id you had taken tD be the ultimate wall is seen to be made up of still other iso- lated sculptures. revealed now for the first time by silhouctting shadows The scene necessarily changes, flushing and faGinS, advancing into crystalline clearness, retiiing into slumberous haze. Should t chance to have rained heavily in the night, next morning the canyon is completely filled with fog. As the sun mounts, the curtain of mist suddenly breaks intO cloud fieeces. and while you gaze these feeces rise and dlsaipate, leaving the canyon bare At cree around the bases of the lowest cliffs white pufis begin to appear, ere atlng scene e unpa calleled beauty as their dazZ,ing cUmuIi swell and rise and their number multipl.es, until once more they overflow the rim, and it is as if you stood upon some lands end look ing down upon q formless void. Then quickly comes the complete dissipation and again the marshalling in the depths, the upward advance, the total suffusion and the speedy vanishing, repeated over and over until the warm walls have expelled their saturation.
 Long may the visitor loiter upcn the rim, powerless to shake loose from the charm, tirelessly intent upon the si- lent transformations until the sun is low in the west. Then the canyon sinks into mysterious purple shadow, 1 the far ShintTnO Altar is tipped with 1 golden ray. and against Q leaden i horizon the long line of the Echo cliffs | reflects soft brilliance of indescrib- able beauty, d light that, elsewhere. | surely never was on sea or land Then | darkness falls, and should there be a | moon, the scene in part revives in sil- yer light, thousand spectral forms | projected from inscrutable gloom; dreams of mountains, as in their sleep | they brood on things eternal
 (NCte.-Improveme of the Hanca 1 trail are now in rapid progress, with i the object of enabling visitors to make f the entire descent to the river on horseback. and another trail. three miles west of Hance's gives promise cf 8 similar exemption from the fatfgues which hitherto have attended the un- dertaking)
 c. A. HIGGINS.