DIVISION FIVE — NAMES. 38 1 



the great cable incline, etc., etc. The nine waterfalls referred to, above the 

 pavilion, are as follows : 



Maidenhair Falls, 17 feet high — named from the abundance of maiden- 

 hair ferns growing on its rocks. 



Cavity Chute Falls, 9 feet high. 



Bay Arbor Falls, 12 feet high. Named from a clump of bay trees near 

 by, and through or under which the footway passes. 



Ribbon Rock Falls, 36 feet high. 



Moss Grotto Falls, 33^ feet high. 



Grand Chasm Falls, a double-leaper of 33 and 15 feet, making the entire 

 falls 48 feet high. This is at the outlet of a towering, narrow gorge called 

 Grand Chasm ; and at the crest of these falls there is a stone dam which 

 forms a reservoir called "Mirror lake," from which water is piped down to 

 the pavilion to run electric dynamos, printing presses, and for general uses. 

 Heavy plank stairways lead up across the face of the falls, and a bridge 

 leads over the lake up through the Grand Chasm. 



Lodged Boulder Falls, 12 feet high. Prof. Lowe stood on the "lodged 

 boulder ' ' from which this fall is named and made a speech to a large group 

 of Pasadena visitors, gathered on the canyon stairway, July i, 1893. This 

 historic scene was photographed and has been widely published. 



Roaring Rift Falls, 23 feet high — the noisiest one of the whole series. 



Thalehaha Falls, 112 feet high. The name i-s an Arizona Indian word, 

 meaning "white water," and was given to it by Prof. G. Wharton James, 

 editor of the Mount Loive Echo. 



[These measurements I made myself during the summer of 1893, while 

 studying the geology of the Mount L,owe system of mountain peaks, can- 

 yons, etc. — Ed.] 



Rubio canyon extends on up to the summit of the range, with Muir's 

 peak looming up still higher and forming the east wall of this canyon's 

 starting point. It is not accessible above Thalehaha falls except by winding 

 footways down from Echo mountain ;* and in this upper section are numerous 

 picturesque falls and lovely dells, the chief of which are Rainbow dell and 

 Eeontine falls. Of the historic naming of this great fall I quote from the 

 Mowit Lowe Echo of March 29, 1894, the following account : 



LEONTINE FALLS. 



In a public address delivered in Rubio Music Hall by Dr. H. A. Reid, 

 August 12, 1893, on "Field Geology of our Pasadena Mountains," the 

 following notable passage occurred : 



*The Mount Lowe literature now designates as "Glen canyon" that portion of Rubio canyon extend- 

 ing from above Thalehaha falls to foot of I.eontine falls. The first woman who ever climbed into the 

 fearful, rock-ribbed gorge at the crest of Thalehaha falls was Mrs. Prof. McClatchie of Pasadena. June 30, 

 1893, with her husband on a botanical excursion. Then on August 16 Mrs. Dr. Keid passed up the water- 

 course from this point to foot of Leontine falls, clambering over or around seven different falls in the 

 perilous and seemingly foolhardy venture, which no mortal woman had ever attempted before. But on 

 August 21 Mrs. Herve Friend of Los Angeles did the same thing. 



