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of the stream. In fact, one is more often in the stream itself than up- 

 on the bank and in the course of a day's ride there are more than seven- 

 ty crossings of the creek. Phantom creek, Wall creek and all the 

 others which are tributary to Bright Angel, enter it from similar nar- 

 row canyons. One only regrets that it is impossible to take the time 

 to explore these various gashes and discover to what unknown land 

 they lead. This section has been quite thoroughly traversed by the 



Fig. 28. — Altar Falls, Grand Canyon, Arizona. 



few white men who reside upon the north rim, but no written records 

 of their trips are anywhere available. According to their own story, 

 they were mostly in search of pasturage for their stock at times when 

 the north rim was deeply buried beneath the snow, and they claim 

 that there are many delightful meadows along the upper courses of 

 these streams. All lie in the depths of the main canyon and are sur- 



