EL PASO DEL NORTE. es O98 
mine, which was about five miles farther to the north, 
while I remained with the rest to examine the defile. 
I then took my rifle, and walked a couple of miles 
through it and the deep gorges which indent the ridge. 
In this ramble I passed a beautiful little stream, which, 
rising far within the defile, wound its way along through 
