772 FINAL JOURNEYS AND WORK. [1885, 



IN THE CAKS, KANSAS CITY, May 8, 1885. 



Let me finish up these inems. We have now only 

 a run of eleven hours to St. Louis, where we stay three 

 or four days with Dr. Engelmaun (Jr.), and then home. 



The canon trip well repaid the journey and its 

 rough accessories. Some of the views are of those de- 



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picted by Powell. We find that Tylor and Moseley 

 were here last year. As the man whom we had in- 

 troductions to at Flagstaff was absent for a day or 

 two, though we found he had left substitutes, and as 

 we wanted to get home as soon as we could, we gave 

 up the visit to the cave and cliff dwellings. I dare say 

 the models in clay, made at Washington, are as good 

 as the originals. So we came on, one and a half nights 

 and two days, and to-night we shall sleep in beds at 

 St. Louis. We bear this sort of travel quite well. 

 From Mohave to the Colorado is very sandy and com- 

 plete desert, descending eastward many hundred feet. 

 Near Mohave lots of tree yuccas, looking very like 

 those in northern part of Mexico. From the Colorado 

 to Peach Spring we passed in the dark, but had risen 

 to about 6,000 feet, and we kept on an elevation of 

 4,000 to nearly 8,000 feet all across the rest of Ari- 

 zona and New Mexico, the higher parts wooded with 

 conifers, that is, Pinus ponderosa of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains form and Juniperus. At Las Vegas, New Mex- 

 ico, we laid over one train, to rest and visit the Hot 

 Springs ; no great to see, except a spick and span new 

 hotel, too fine for the place, and some very hot water. 



Well, this trip, which will nearly round out to three 

 and a half months, has been long and enjoyable in- 

 deed. 



At St. Louis will be letters, perhaps one from you. 

 Ever yours, A. GRAY, 



