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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Harriet Chalmers Adams 



the: pack-train arriving at the: bridge camp, on the: banks op the: COLORADO 



The camp consisted of five tents. Three were used as sleeping quarters for the bridge crew, 

 one for a dining-room, and the fifth for a kitchen. 



"You see," he explained, "Bright An- 

 gel has stood so long on the north shore 

 of the river hoping to get across. He 

 can't swim over, and he doesn't like the 

 canvas boat." 



Up in the Kaibab forest — "the island 

 forest," a great naturalist has called it — 

 live wild animals which have developed 

 011 original lines. The Kaibab squirrel 

 and its cousin, the Albert, with their 

 broad feathery tails, are the only .Ameri- 

 can squirrels with conspicuous car-tufts. 



The herd of deer, variously estimated 

 at from 12,000 to 15,000, are the mule 

 deer, with large, broad ears and rounded, 

 whitish tails, tipped with black. Where 



there are deer, there are pumas, or moun- 

 tain-lions. They call them cougars in 

 this part of the country. Uncle Jim 

 Owens, an old-timer on the north rim, 

 has hung out a sign : "Cougars killed to 

 order." He has a record of 1,100 skins. 

 His cabin walls are covered with them. 

 Other beasts of prey are the big gray 

 timber-wolf, the coyote, and the fox. A 

 man who lives here and explores unfre- 

 quented cliffs tells me there are antelope 

 on the green shelf under the north rim. 

 "Uncle Jim" has a promising buffalo 

 herd, 64 in all. Isolated on a promon- 

 tory and protected, the herd is sure to 

 increase. 



