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tous character of their abrupt faces is so striking, that the altitude 

 seems much greater than it really is. What appears to be a thou- 



sand feet turns out, when measured, to be really somewhat under 

 five hundred. Yet, in spite of this somewhat moderate height, 

 the whole scene is, as we have said, exceedingly fine. The road 

 at the bottom of the gorge winds through the cliffs almost in ser- 

 pentine fashion, and, on the right side, bold and almost perpendi- 

 cular precipices tower aloft like huge battlements. Here and 

 there ledges of jutting rock afford scanty soil for small trees of 



