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an-J the foot of the canyon Tall. There --'as a beautiful view up 
raver for several Liles to the next bend where along the rim t .ere 
was a belt of timber, pines, and a good deal of sno-. ere -e made 
c-mp nd spent the night and the next day and till Sunday noon. I 
wish I knew more of the Hewers'so I . lght give you some ^dea of 
t-em. w n me, a superficial observer, there did not seem to be so 
many, tut the botanists 1 sought down plenty. There were r est - e&u- 
tiful dark blue larkspurs w .ich seemed to prefer to prow in nests 
of t .e 1 au t villainous cactus* little purple M crowpeckers**, g ’ ;, ery 
odd white bleeding heart and a little yellow flower which was in¬ 
troduced to , e mder the name "Fritellaria Pudica" 
t tried to climb the canyon with Phil, helen and some 
Others, but got cramps in my thighs i is* before we pt to the ?// 
snc •” -u,-' tut before 1 . .ade any tro ible for the rest of the party. 
htv ent on ever the rim and into the canyon of sheep creek* here 
the stream runs beneath a superimposed stream of talus from the 
cliff • It ricples and dashes along l^ke anv other stream, only 
you cent see it or get to it fr-p long distances,which in that 
thirsty country is very aggravating. They saw several deer and 
rattlesnakes* : t "*as getting pretty late in the evening when they 
•' in ’ 11 ' '’ rfclfc net by one of the boys "hubm I had sent out with a 
lantern to eet t iern* Poor Kelen 7 'hs pretty btidlv wrecked* A ecus— 
tomed to the big hotel which her mother frequents -here she had 
to change her dress several times daily, she saw many new things 
and acquired two terribly blistered heels, but she -"as game to t-he 
last. *11 she wanted ^as some coffee, but once she -as settled 
on the bench m the boat die cons uned everything she -"as offered* 
3ne had never slept on the ground and had to shake the lew o it of 
her hair in the morning, eaten out of a fry an or was ; ed her face 
-n glacial " r ater* 
? ’.ndav noon we started home. If the trip up as exciting 
