Show A FIERCE STORM die on sun somo ten years ago said ft veteran 1 I wn traveling on foot rum ouray in tho san juan across alio country al alio head ot tho san miguel river tho timo wa was s in aliu forenoon of an autumn jay annl a denso liast of threatened cloud were rolling IP in tho west over aliu sin blange I 1 was in n lairry to roi alic fili lakes anil to go un gli near creek a stream putting in the san from the donth tho stream headed in n semicircular babin bounded by immense of basaltic rock at choso whoso liase acro vast quantities of broken rock varying in izo from alio boulder bowlder weighing a cw pounds to of many tons in weight how these rocks cabio in that position wa wai i a source ol 01 inquiry to me but I 1 had nn opportunity of dolring tho mystery before I 1 reached of alic daddo 1 intended to crohw alio cloud I 1 spoke of icier ici nR in the wc t lind in thu meantime coico rolling up and in blac and also becoming darker and more heavily charged with electricity thunder rolled and lightning fl alic played above and ix low und it as if all heavens artillery was concentrated at ali n particular point instead of rising high in midair mid air alio choul roo enough tn clear the topi of alio llio deihm toretta that lined thu s tc mount L feared to proceed HIJ bought aliel ter beneath a ango pile of rocks about thu center ot the arca anil some half n mile from the south cud of tho semicircular b jiin in less time than I 1 hare been writing these notes the cromli im velocity tho low alti ludo which they waa not great to clear tho precipice on tho baat gido of the basin and they swept it terrific force tharo was such a vast va st weight of water contained in them that the when the clouds struck the precipice was so great that immense quantities of rock were broken off and fell with a cibock like an earthquake to the foot of the cliff like a battering ram the body of cloud wa thrown dick and advanced until three distinct blows were struck at the cliff br this time the WM pouring over tho mountain in a niagara liet down ol 01 the only few but in this terao it WM eaby to how the knawa of ilc bri were blawd in the position they occo the storm WM aror oror the air cleared dp binl I 1 WM bl to duruo tatt mner Mn ej an to chan or lawing wool on sundy th act thit there Is no lw in oregon ajr |