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Show BY THE NUEBO CANFRAN. 337 is in them much mezcal; there are some cows and horses, most of which are branded, and some have several such marks ( los mas de estos tienen fierro, y algunos overhanging ledge of rocks, from which we could look down as into a well upon the continuation of the gorge far below. The break reached completely across the ravine, and the side walls were nearly perpendicular. There was no egress in that direction, and it seemed a marvel that a trail should be found leading to a place where there was nothing to do but to return. A closer inspection showed that the trail still continued along the canon, traversing horizontally the face of the right- hand bluff. A short distance off it seemed as though a mountain goat could scarcely keep its footing upon the slight indentation that appeared like a thread attached to the rocky wall, but a trial proved that the path, though narrow and dizzy, had been cut with some care into the surface of the cliff, and afforded a foothold level and broad enough both for men and animals. I rode upon it first, and the rest of the party and the train followed- one by one- looking very much like insects crawling upon the side of a building. We proceeded for nearly a mile along this singular pathway, which preserved its horizontal direction. The bottom of the canon had meanwhile been rapidly descending, and there were two or three falls where it dropped a hundred feet at a time, thus greatly increasing the depth of the chasm. The change had taken place so gradually that I was not sensible of it, till glancing down the side of my mule I found that he was walking within three inches of the brink of a sheer gulf a thousand feet deep; and on the other side, nearly touching my knee, was an almost vertical wall rising to an enormous altitude. [ This is what Garces merely calls " a dimcult road"!] The sight made my head swim, and I dismounted and got ahead of the mule, a dimcult and delicate operation which I was thankful to have safely performed. A |