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Show A ll.tl Hmiilarlaal. Thelil of the Colorado desert today may well affonl a study to the seeker after marvels aa well m to the geologist It Is a desert wonderland. Imagine a tJaln of clay, monotonously level, re lleretl litre and there ly hllUofaand built In l-Mntlfolly warelike oottlnes. Tlteee hills are not stitlonary. tliey trav el constantly, though alowly, jonrucjlug over tlte 1 Uln aa the winds direct The land of which they aro composed Is not like ordinary sand at all, but of a nature marrtlona. Most nf the grains are trans-lnrtnt, trans-lnrtnt, others aro translucent, while many are of rainbow hues, bring In fact small gems of red carnellan, gmn chrj s-ollte s-ollte an 1 varicolored garnet Ixioked upon 11414111 a intrroTope they are most interesting A majority of them are jrfect splieres, rounded and inlishel by attrition with each otlwr lten inlxetl with n familiar add they ciTerveace like seldlltx ;iwders. Com puar.1 of thene etrangely wrottght m, teriale, tlie aandhiils look like great anowilrlfli, with lii.ro an 1 there a gloam 1 f color Continually they glee forth a raatllhtr. sound aa the tiny ayniTea are shifted bv the wind, slowly rolling ca w trd S ashing ton Bur. |