Show great canyons of the west wonderful Wonc erful sculptures wrought by nature in colorado ano the belh yellowstone astone both mainly the work of water famous the world over are the grand canyons ot of the colorado and of the yellowstone in both there is a wealth ot of color coloring the ravines are abruptly countersunk in a plateau and both are mainly the worl ol 01 water but the colorado canyon is more tl an a thousand times larger ai d as a score or two new buildings ot of ordinary size sile would not appreciably change the general view of a great c ty so hun deeds of Yellows ellow tones tonea might be erod ed in the sides of the Coloia do canyon without noticeably augmenting its size or the richness of its sculpture but it is not true that the great ite its locks would be thus lost or hid den nothing of their kind in the world so far as I 1 know rivals el capit n and lael much less dwarfs or in any way belittles them none of the sandstone or limestone precipices of the canon that I 1 have sen or heard of approaches in smooth flawless strength and grandeur tho the granite face of el capitan or the jenaya side of the cloud s rest these colossal cliffs types of per magence are about 3 and 6 feet high those of the canyon that are sheer are abo it half as high and are apes of fleeting change while glor glorious lous domed kisslack slack nobles 01 ol mountain buildings far from being oversia lowed or lost in this rosy spiry canyon company would draw dra every eye and in serene majesty aboon them a she would take hei het i place castle temple palace or tower Isei erthe ess a noted writer riter combar ing in the grand canyon in a general way with the glacial yosemite Yose nute says and the log emite ah ab the lovely ite damped D down into the wilder ness of gorges and mountains it wo ild tale tal e a guide who knew of its existence a long time to find ft it this is striking and slows up well viell above the bleiel lei el of commonplace description but it Is confusing and has the fata fatal fault of not being true A alto is |