Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-11

We roaued In. The. ,oater sDds still.
poles, clinging to the wave until the
very instant of its fall, then disap-
pearing as though blotteA out. The
salt smell of seaweed was in my nos
trils. found the place pleasant.
With these few and scattered i'm
pressions we returned to the ship. 1t
had been warped to secure anchor
age and snugged down. DR.. Scher-
merhorn and barrow were on deck
waiting to GO ashore.
I made my report The two pas
sengers disappeared. They carried
lunch and would not be back until
nightfall. We had orders to pitch
large tent at suitable spot and to
tighten ship of the doctors personal
and scientific effects By the time
this was accomplished the two had re-
turned.
'Tts all right" barrow volunteered
to Captain Selover as he came over
the side. "We've found what we
want"
Their clothes were picked by brush
and their boots muddy. Next morn
ing Captain Selover detailed me to
especial work. ....t
you'll take two of the men and go
ashore under Darrow's ORDERS" said
he.
Darrow told US to take clothes for a
week, an AK apiece and block and
tackle We made up our ditty bags.
stepped into one of the surf boats and
were rowed ashore. There barrow at
once took the lead.
Our way proceeded across the grass
fiat, through the opening of the mar
row canyon and so on back into the
interior by way of the bed through
which flowed the sulphur stream. The
country was badly eroded. Most of
the time we marched between perpen-
dlcular banks about forty feet high.
These were occasionally broken by
smaller tributary arroyos of the same
sort. II would have been impossible
TO reach the level of the upper coun-
try. The bed of the main arroyo was
fiat and grown with grasses and herb
age Of an extraordinary vividness, due.
supposed. TO the sulphur water. The
stream itself meandered aimlessly
through the broader bed. 1t steadily
grew warmer and the sulphur smell
more noticeable. Above Us we could
see the sky and the sharp clay edge of
the arroyo. l noticed the tracks Of
barrow and DIR. Schermerhorn made
the day before.
After a mile Of this the bottom ran
up nearly TO the level Of the sides. and
we stepped out on the floor Of little
valley almost surrounded by more
hills.
1t was an extraordinary place. and,
since much happened there. ! must
give you an idea of il.
1t was round and nearly encireled by
naked painted hills. From its floor
came steam and a roaring sound. The
steam blew here aud there among the
pines on the floor: rose to eddy about
the naked painted hills At one end
we saw internationally broad ascend
ing canyon, deep red and blue black.
ending in the cone Of n smoking vol
cano. The other seemed quite closed
by the sheer hills In fact, the only
exit was the route by which we had
come.
For the hills were utterly precipi-
tous. I suppose a man might have
made his way up 10 the various knots.
hedges and inequalities. but il would
have required long study and a care
full head I myself later worked my
war short distance merely TO exam
Inc the texture OF their marvellous col
or
This was at once varied and Of great
body, not at all Ike the smooth. gloss
ed color Of most rock. bat soft and
rich. You've seen painters paIetfes.
II was Just Ike that pasty and fat.
There were reds Of all shades. from
vpritabBs scarlet 20 = red umters
greens. from sea green 70 emerald.
several kinds q blue and an indeter-
inmate purple mauve. The Whole e.