A Little Further On, The Canyon Widens Somewhat, And A Rude Meadow, Occasionally Filled With Rich And Luscious Natural Grass, Is Crossed, After Which The Road Makes A Slight Ascent To The Plateau, And More Open Country Is Reached.

Over the Plateau.

From this point, the ride is diversified. There are no steep hills, but the road aims directly for its objective point, taking the visitor through growths of pinion, - from which the Indians gather the delicious pine nuts, - juniper, - from the crushed berries of which they make a sweet and refreshing drink, - and over levels where rich grama grass grows side by side with the cactus, the amole and the yucca, brightened and vivified by the Indian paintbrush, sunflowers, lupines and scores of other gorgeously colored flowers.

Midway between Bass Station and Bass Camp, ten miles each way, the road passes a United States Geological Survey monument, which records the fact that here the plateau is six thousand three hundred and seventy-two feet above sea level.

The Surrounding Mountains. On the journey, glimpses are had of the San Francisco peaks, and Mounts Sitgreaves, Kendricks, and Floyd, while, in the far-away west and south, the blue ridges of the plateau, descending to the lower levels, are clearly discernible. To the north and west, Mounts Emma and Trumbull and other peaks of the Uinkarets appear like deep blue clouds on the horizon. They lie on the further side of the Canyon, and are seen more distinctly from Bass Camp.

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