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THE CONDOR 
| Von. VIII 
mouth of the canyon to the spread-out green fields of the settled region just beyond 
the border of this rocky fastness. 
These mountains are different from those where our work has led us before. 
From a distance they are deceiving, and one does not get the faintest conception of 
what they are or what they contain. They seem to be covered with only a scrubby 
growth, but in reality the canyons are heavily wooded. There is hardly an indi- 
cation of the canyons and gorges from the outside, but once yon enter, you are sur- 
rounded by the rock walls that stretch up for hundreds of feet. From the bed of 
the canyon one can see little and get little idea of where he is going. In many 
places, the water cuts thru the narrow"gorge of rock and falls into deep pools be- 
GENERAL VIEW SHOWING LOCATION OF THE CONDOR'S NEST. THIS WAS SITUATED IN SMALL CAVE BEHIND 
ROCK ABOVE THE MARK X. OLD CONDOR IS SEEN JUST ALIGHTING ON DEAD TREE. PHOTO TAKEN 
FROM OPPOSITE SIDE OF CANYON FROM NESTING SITE 
yond which one cannot go except by scaling the mountain side far above. From 
the trail three hundred feet above the rocky, boiling stream, we got the best idea 
of the mountains. In places, the canyon forms a complete S, with the middle of the S 
but a short distance from the end of the letter but several hundred feet lower down. 
It looked as if Nature was in a mighty upheaval when these mountains were formed; 
for the rock has been piled up for a thousand feet, and for ages past the elements 
have done their best to cut into, crumble and level these huge masses of stone. 
Following the trail for several miles along the canyon we came to the place 
where the great birds were last seen. From this point, we had a splendid lookout 
up and down the ravine. For some time we watched and scanned the mountain 
