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similar to the Taltec Gorge, which receives so much attention from 

 the tourists who travel over the line of the Denver and Rio Grande 

 Railroad between Antonito and Durango, Colorado, and it is probably 

 superior in size to that better known canyon. The Brazos, within its 

 canyon, and for a couple of miles after leaving it, is a swift stream 

 of considerable volume, rushing along over rapids or falling now 



Fig. 44. — Along the Brazos, looking toward the Brazos 

 Canyon. Photograph by Standley. 



and then over great polished boulders into broad, deep, dark green 

 pools. It is frequented by large numbers of trout, and for fishing is 

 not excelled by any stream in the state, unless it may be the upper 

 Pecos. 



The surrounding country is well timbered, at least in the less 

 accessible portions. The region being included in one of the old 

 Spanish grants, it has been impossible to conserve it in one of the 

 national forests, and most of the yellow pine at lower levels has 



