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Page 128
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
... trachyte rock , and sections of several were shown in the sides of the chasm , which could only have been formed when the falls were many yards lower down . The trachyte is very hard and tough . The sections of the pot - holes are as ...
Page 131
... trachyte ; and the labour required to make the principal one out of such difficult material without tools of iron must have been immense . The fragments were all lying out on the bare plain . I thought they must have been brought from ...
... trachyte ; and the labour required to make the principal one out of such difficult material without tools of iron must have been immense . The fragments were all lying out on the bare plain . I thought they must have been brought from ...
Page 134
... trachyte without tools of iron , and it strikes one with wonder to think of the patience and per- severance with which the details were worked out . No eye- servers were these Indians ; before and behind they bestowed equal pains and ...
... trachyte without tools of iron , and it strikes one with wonder to think of the patience and per- severance with which the details were worked out . No eye- servers were these Indians ; before and behind they bestowed equal pains and ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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