\ 



ir\ TT<5 



»^ii *t \.;i 



,ie imni' 

 e west* 

 tl\e »<)Utliom portion 

 UoH'oll has examiuewl 

 ; vationft, in the f 



e and coiurasting with each other by their 



dark red, and purple, producing an effect of 



kness ii^dividually but great collectively, and 



njlelisni. ■' " '• • peNo. XL) 



I cs (Jura am: ij wi  i- .*und in the Markii-unt 



ity of the great Hurrirane displacement, which 



V of the structure, and is only seen there along 



went flank. I have not visited- them, but Mr. 



me what cui-sorily, and the results of his 



lotes, aro before me. There is a general agre* 



und with the general (section of the Plateau 



are niii»or diffr which might 



II K«.;i 1 1 



anU the deposition 



,. , ,,ri'at fault, the Ix-ds 



are in some plac^ = iiptly upw uplifted side of thti fauk, 



but in passing eastward tiiey speedily » the general east or east- 



uurtheasi dip of 1° to 2° nhich prevails thr^mghout the plateau. Nowhere 



!ty does the Carbon iferoas seem to be exposed, though in 



it must be vorj* nedr the surface in the immediate line of 



i: these uj)wai'd flexures ooi-ur, the plane «>f denudation 



init of tlie plateau an'  ' -t cuts i across the entire 



.■ f. »"».t r \i? 1 1 ly. vl/- tj\Ti'tn^* 



>n in A.' : > r..,.f *>i t1,"...1-. 



Pr >fn the southwest salient of. the Markasnuit we behold one of those 



ijwc'taclea which characterize th*> standpoints of the Pla- 



:ie mere tourint ther*; are few panoramas so 



t^eolog-ist there t'ouies with all the visible 



• MgiiiiicjiMcfe. The radius of vt from 80 to 100 



i upon the great cliff of Tertiary l>eUei which meanders to 



' >t in the distance, sculpttfted into strange and even 



' ■"- with coloi's so rich and glowing that they awaken 



apatliffic. To thf' southward the nrofili' of the 



