It is a strikingly picturesque by-world, where there 

 are many illuminated and splendid fragments 

 of Nature's story. He who visits this section will 

 first be attracted by an array of rock-formations, 

 and, wander where he will, grotesque and beauti- 

 ful shapes in stone will frequently attract and 

 interest his attention. 



The rock-formation is made up of mixtures 

 of very unequally tempered rock metal, which 

 weathers in strange, weird, and impressive shapes. 

 Much of this statuary is gigantic and uncouth, 

 but some of it is beautiful. There are minarets, mo- 

 noliths, domes, spires, and shapeless fragments. 

 In places there are, seemingly, restive forms not 

 entirely free from earth. Most of these figures 

 are found upon the crests of the mountains, and 

 many of the mountain-ridges, with their numerous 

 spikes and gigantic monoliths, some of which are 

 tilted perilously from the perpendicular, give one 

 a feeling of awe. Some of the monoliths appear like 

 broken, knotty tree-trunks. Others stand straight 

 and suggest the Egyptian obelisks. They hold 

 rude natural hieroglyphics in relief. One moun- 

 tain, which is known as Turret-Top, is crowned 



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