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Show B Arlloua'a I'alrlllnl loraal. H Ono oC tlio moat li.trrrailiiK anil tm- H j prrtilTo of natural worilr ra li the Krrat H I (ilrlflel foreit of Arltuua, wlildi tor- iB I era nearly 100 aiiuara tnllea. Tbs gu- Lj ernment cxlorcra hac rbrltlcncil it irt,.. nuj inllea around li corvrcd with Rl Hnllo lo thrto or (our fct In diameter, diam-eter, Petrified to tliv rort. Muujr of them nro trntulucent Somo aro almoat transparent All preitnt tho ntoit tieautltul hailra u blue, )ellow, pink, purple, red aud irujr Somo are llko KlRuntlc jmfthyati. aouio reaemUlo the amokr lopai, and tome are u pure and thlte aa ilabaitcr At lilatti the ehlDa li! o( axate for the trunk! thai haio crumbled, lla a fool deep upon tho i ground, and It U ouax to obtain crou j atetloni of treea shovtlng tviry eln 1 and even bark. A blrd'a-eye -.lew of tho petrified for mat on a tunny day itigRetta n gltantlc kalrldoaeope The ittrfare of the earth reientblea an Inflntlo variety nf raln- bowa The teoloitlita any this great 1 plain, now .000 feet above the aea, aa , wire covered by a forett which wai ' atibmcrgcd for aj;ea In water atrongly charged with minerals until the fibre of the tree were thoroughly aoitked and transformed Into eternal atone .Many of the trunka are "till pocked In a deposit of line clay, which was left by the receding waters, but the erotloui of the wind has pulverised much of the clay and carried It oft In the air, exposing the secrets thai nature burhU under Us surface One great trea spans a deep guleh forty fret wide It Ilea whero It tell ctnturlea, perhaps ages, ' ato, and Is n most beautiful specimen of ixtriried wood The rings and tha bark can be easily traced through the al translucent agate and It Is firm enough HaU and strong enough to last aa many Hu.l centuries as II has already spent In Its Cwj peculiar pusltlon It Is undoubtedly K I the only bridge of agate In the world, IDl i und alone Is worth a. long Journey to B9 a.e The Indiana of the southwest used HR t,i visit the petrified forests frequently H' to obtain agate for their arrow and HK por heads, and the material was scat- H tered oxr the enllro continent by ex- I change between the different tribe Hb from tho lithmua of Panama to tho Wm llehrlng Straits. The great depostta HH here explalna where all the arrow- B heads of moss agate came from, and JM other weapons and Implements of aim- J9H liar material that are found In the In- fB illan moitnda and graven of tho central ;HH and wMtern states. In the atoue ago BJ U agate of the petrified forest was tho RBJ very best material thai could bo ob- hBJ talned for both the Implementa of war ffHS1 and peate of the aborgtnes A sialp- AjHi lug knife could be made very easll) &BHJ from one of the chips ot agate and IBJi could be ground to a very lino etlgo BH) slany crystals were used tor Jewelry Kaflvl' uaJ urnamenla also. |