PADDY'S RUN 19 



its frightful precipices, and awful grandeur, from the 

 train. 



The Green River Station is a fair sample of the West- 

 ern depot, and comprises a drinking-saloon, restaurant, 

 and curiosity shop, all in one. In this region are found 

 magnificent petrified fishes and fossil wood, and agate 

 is abundant. 



The express train overtook us here ; and as we were 

 many hours behind time, our cars were transferred to 

 that, to our great joy. What a pleasure it was to move 

 on at a respectable rate once more ! and how different 

 was the starting of the express train from that of the 

 freight, which nearly jerked our heads off! After going 

 over a high ridge, we began the descent of Paddy's Run, 

 so named after an Irish engineer who had an exciting 

 race on his engine for thirty miles ahead of a freight 

 train, which had broken loose and came tearing along 

 after, threatening death should it overtake him. The 

 train, however, was switched off the embankment to ut- 

 ter destruction, and Paddy escaped. As we descended, 

 with brakes on, a realizing sense of poor Pat's peril 

 came vividly to my mind. After our descent, we 

 wound our way along the Webber River for miles. 

 Devil's Slide on the left bank, composed of two ridges 

 of rock projecting from the hill, was an interesting 

 sight. The farther down the river we went, the grander 

 the scenery became, until at Echo Canyon it was sim- 

 ply indescribable. Here we were shut in by immense 



