LA ASCENSION TO CORRALITOS. 5 1 
by many little mountain streams, it 
seemed as though only a short time must 
pass before this fertile country would be 
dotted with hundreds of homes and 
thousands of cattle on its grassy hills. 
The meaning of Piedras Verdes is green 
rocks, but the rock projections in cliff, 
hill, or stream, are of all imaginable 
shades, not only of green, but of red, 
yellow, brown, rose, and even blue. The 
effect is inconceivably beautiful against 
the wonderful blue sky of this part 
of Mexico. Just before reaching the 
Mormon colony you come to a high 
ridge from which can be seen the little 
town nestling along the banks of the pic¬ 
turesque Piedras Verdes River. It is a 
scene seldom surpassed in beauty. Far 
to the west are the grand Sierra Madres, 
crested with snow, while nearer, the 
