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CAVE AND CUFF DWELLERS. 
the grade would be almost as simple as 
building on a floor ; in fact it is the floor 
of an old inland ocean. 
A profile view of some of these ranges 
and isolated peaks gives some very 
grotesque as well as picturesque views, 
and imaginative people of the Southwest 
fancy they see many silhouette designs 
in the crests of the mountains. Faces 
seem to predominate, and especially is 
Montezuma’s face quite lavishly dis¬ 
tributed over this regdon. I think I can 
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recall at least a half dozen of them in the 
Southwest since I first visited there in 
1867. This unfortunate Aztec monarch 
must have had a very rocky looking face, 
or his descendants must have thought 
exceeding well of him to sculpture him 
so often, even in fancy, upon the moun¬ 
tain crests. 
