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a swift, clear stream are crowded. Inside the 

 entrance stand the two "Pillars of Hercules." 

 These magnificent rock domes rise nearly one 

 thousand feet, and their steep, tree-dotted walls 

 are peculiarly pleasing and impressive. Pros- 

 pect Dome is another striking rock point in 

 this canon. The canon ends in a colossal cirque, 

 or amphitheatre, about two hundred and fifty 

 feet deep. Down one side of this a stream makes 

 its seven white zigzag jumps. 



Pike's Peak wins impressiveness by standing 

 by itself. Cheyenne Canon is more imposing by 

 being alone, — away from other canons. This 

 canon opens upon the plains. It is a canon that 

 would win attention anywhere, but its situation 

 is a most favorable one. Low altitude and a 

 warm climate welcome trees, grass, bushes, and 

 many kinds of plants and flowers. These cling 

 to every break, spot, ledge, terrace, and niche, 

 and thereby touch and decorate the canon's 

 grim and towering walls with lovely beauty. 

 Walls, water, and verdure — water in pools and 

 falls, rocks in cliffs, terraces, and domes, grass 

 and flowers on slopes and terraces, trees and 



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