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Title: In & around the Grand Canyon; the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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l Creek;hence it has been called the Bright Angel Fault.A fine and comprehensive view also is had of themarble wall and the Indian Garden, and, far below,at the end of Plutos Workshop, is to be seen apeculiar folding of the Algonkian strata, and, onthe other side of the river the tilt of the samerocks. It is a singular fact that no pines are found on ornear the trail, while they abound on the rim, andthat the Douglas spruce of the trail cannot be foundon the rim. As soon as the blue lime—as the stratumthat crow^ns the red wall limestone is locallytermed — is reached, there is an awkward piece oftrail. Steps have been cut, logs placed upon them,and loose material thrown over all to make thedescent easier; but it is still a place for the rider todismount and go ahead, leading his horse. Imaginewhat the descent of this great gorge would havebeen had not the processes of nature kindly brokenup these precipitous walls into sloping taluses uponwhich the trails of pygmy man could be cut.
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by J-. H. niaude. Pillars of Erosion on Bright Angel Trail. THE GRAND CANYON 133 Now we are on the summit of the red wall lime-stone, the most prominent member of all the canyonstrata. It is a thousand feet in thickness, and itsinsistent mass is forced upon the attention every-where. The face of this wall is carved into numer-ous alcoves, and as we near its base, we observe to the right a vast double-cornered recess which wename Angel Alcove. Here, look up to the rimand observe the peculiar and varied contour of themany pinnacles cut by wind and storm out of thecherty limestone. From this point, also, the first good view is ob-tained of Buddha Temple, the dominating pile to the left of Bright Angel Creek. Below it is Bud-dha Cloister. Now look carefully at the ridgethat leads the eye from Buddha Temple to BrightAngel Creek. It appears to be a portion of themain wall of the Kaibab Plateau. In reality it is adetached ridge, three miles from the plateau wall,and, under proper conditions, a

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