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Cany,on nearly to its western end, a distance of something over eighty 

 miles. The Hermit Trail crosses its upper part on a long gentle grade 

 which is called the "Long Drag," leading to a camp in a little ravine 

 in the surface of the platform. This is Hermit Camp. 



Hermit Camp, shown in figure 54, is a collection of bungalow tents 

 maintained here by the Fred Harvey Company for the entertainment 

 of visitors, and here one finds the rest very much needed after the long 

 ride. Hermit Creek, a small stream issuing from a spring in the Her- 

 mit Basin, supplies water for the camp, but everything else is brought 



Fig. 55. — Boulders along the bank of the Colorado river at the foot of Her- 

 mit Trail, Grand Canyon. 



down from the rim above. The base of the Redwall Limestone is the 

 great source of springs throughout this region, and almost all the 

 water found in the depths of the canyon occurs at this level. 



After a short rest, the party took the trail once more, bound for the 

 river. The lower part of Hermit Trail leads along and many times in 

 the very bed of Hermit Creek, which descends through a side canyon 

 into the Granite Gorge, where it joins the Colorado river. This side 

 canyon is very narrow, and for the first hundred and fifty feet is bor- 

 dered by steep cliffs of brown sandstone. Below this the granite is 



