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Batopilas River for many miles. Taking 
the tops of the battlements, which rise 
thousands of feet in sheer altitude in 
many places, so that they will fall just 
below the top of the church door, thus 
leaving a little streak of blue sky between, 
and viewing the scene as framed by the 
rest of the church, the observer has a 
picture before him that would make the 
reputation of any artist who could trans¬ 
fer it to canvas with reasonable ability; 
Near by was the primitive belfry, two 
sticks set in the ground, and the bell, an 
old bronze one, hung from a cross-piece 
between them. Once each year a priest 
visited this place, upon which occasion a 
great festival was held. Indian runners 
were sent out into the mountains for 
many miles around, to induce the timid 
Tarahumaris to come in. Here all the 
