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ways or better stage facilities—ever be 
sufficiently improved. 
After leaving the wonderful Valley of 
the Churches it requires a night’s rest 
before one is ready to give much admi¬ 
ration or attention to the magnificent 
scenery on every hand. It seems as if 
you had had a surfeit of the beautiful. I 
obtained a number of interesting sketches 
and photographs of these homes in the 
clouds. The photographs were taken 
under great drawbacks, as the days were 
stormy and cloudy, and even the lowest 
of the cliff dwellings were difficult of 
approach. 
Just as we were descending a high 
mountain into the beautiful valley of the 
Tatawichic, we passed by an enormous 
rock on the steep trail of the mountain 
side that must have been fully three hun- 
