COLOSSUS OF CANYONS

Even the most superficial description of this enormous spectacle may not be put in words. The wanderer upon the rim overlooks a thousand square miles of pyramids and minarets carved from the painted depths. Many miles away and more than a mile below the level of his feet he sees a tiny silver thread which he knows is the giant Colorado.

He is numbed by the spectacle. At first he cannot comprehend it. There is no measure, nothing which the eye can grasp, the mind fathom.

It may be hours before he can even slightly adjust himself to the titanic spectacle, before it ceases to be utter chaos; and not until then does he begin to exclaim in rapture.

And he never wholly adjusts himself, for with dawning appreciation comes growing wonder. Comprehension lies always just beyond his reach.

The Colorado River is formed by the confluence of the Grand and the Green Rivers. Together they gather the waters of three hundred thousand square miles. Their many canyons reach this magnificent climax in northern Arizona. The Grand Canyon is a national monument administered by the Department of Agriculture.

"IT IS BEYOND COMPARISON—BEYOND DESCRIPTION; ABSOLUTELY UNPARALLELED THROUGHOUT THE WIDE WORLD."—THEODORE ROOSEVELT Photograph by George R. King

LEAVING EL TOVAR FOR THE RIM DRIVE Photograph by H. T. Cowling

"A PAGEANT OF GHASTLY DESOLATION AND YET OF FRIGHTFUL VITALITY, SUCH AS NEITHER DANTE NOR MILTON IN THEIR MOST SUBLINE CONCEPTIONS EVER EVEN APPROACHED."—WILLIAM WINTER Copyright by Fred Harvey

"A GIGANTIC STATEMENT FOR EVEN NATURE TO MAKE ALL IN ONE MIGHTY STONE WORD. WILDNESS SO GODFUL, COSMIC, PRIMEVAL, BESTOWS A NEW SENSE OF EARTH'S BEAUTY AND SIZE."—JOHN MUIR Copyright by Fred Harvey