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THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



here the Apple River and its east and west branches have cut 

 meandering courses through the Galena limestone. The cliffs 

 rise high above the waters, which surge first upon one side and 

 then upon the other at the base of the rocks. Cliffs, towers, 

 islands, sometimes weather-scarred, sometimes clothed with 

 luxuriant growth, alternate with little flats and meadows. A 

 new vista comes into sight at every turn of the river, and alluring 

 ravines are always beckoning one away from the main stream 

 for new adventures. Everything promises a most enchanting 

 country for the naturalist and the artist. 



On a sunny flat near the bridge we stopped to eat our lunch 

 and plan our hike. Again we found ourselves in good hands, for 

 it so chanced that three other nature lovers were already on the 

 scene, neighbors from the next village. We found that they had 

 been visiting the canyon for years, that they knew every trail 



and tree and bird in 

 its season, the haunts 

 of the lady slipper 

 and the fringed gen- 

 tian to cherish them, 

 and all for the love 

 of it. So it was our 

 privilege to be allowed 

 to join their party; 

 by ourselves we 

 should not have seen 

 half of these delect- 

 able places. 



All that glorious 

 afternoon we tramp- 

 ed through the main 

 canyon, up hill and 

 over cliffs down into 

 valleys, for the water 

 was still too high to 

 wade and the river is 

 dangerously deep 

 and swift in places. 

 With the help of our 

 .,. ,, ,, , , new friends we even 



Photo by Miss Ruth Marshall , . , , . . , . /. 



THE RIVER MEANDERS BETWEEN CLIFFS WHICH Climbed 10 the LOP 01 



Tower Hill, a great 

 flat-topped sentinel 

 rock. From here we could see to the north and south the main can- 

 yon stretching out below us in a beautiful panorama with the dark 

 river winding through it. Coming down from this dizzy height 

 we wandered on to cool and shaded flats. Across the river rose 

 an imposing cliff, a sheer wall of a hundred and fifty feet, with 



IN SOME PLACES ARE BARE AND WEATHER-SCAR- 

 RED, IN OTHERS CLOTHED WITH VERDURE. 



