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Approach, and examine them! They are bones: some large and coarse, others smaller and more delicate. The former have belonged to oxen, and the latter to men. For fifteen hundred miles one may trace this ghastly caravan route by these scattered remains of those who had fallen by the wayside. APPROACH AND EXAMINE THEM THEY ARE BONES SOME LARGE AND COARSE OTHERS SMALLER AND MORE DELICATE THE FORMER HAVE BELONGED TO OXEN AND THE LATTER TO MEN FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES ONE MAY TRACE THIS GHASTLY CARAVAN ROUTE BY THESE SCATTERED REMAINS OF THOSE WHO HAD FALLEN BY THE WAYSIDE
ted over with patches of alkali, and intersected by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral bushes. On the extreme verge of the horizon lie a long chain of mountain peaks, with their rugged summits flecked with snow. In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence. It has been said there is nothing appertaining to life upon the broad plain. That is hardly true. Looking down from the Sierra Blanco, one sees a pathway traced out across the desert, which winds away and is lost in the extreme distance. It is rutted with wheels and trodden down by the feet of many adventurers. Here and there there are scattered white objects which glisten in the sun, and stand out against the dull deposit of alkali. LAT PLAINLAND ALL DUSTED OVER WITH PATCHES OF ALKALI AND INTERSECTED BY CLUMPS OF THE DWARFISH CHAPARRAL BUSHES ON THE EXTREME VERGE OF THIS HORIZON LIE A LONG CHAIN OF MOUNTAIN PEAKS WITH THEIR RUGGED SUMMITS FLECKED WITH SNOW IN THIS GREAT STRETCH OF COUNTRY THERE IS NO SIGN OF LIFE NOR OF ANYTHING APPERTAINING TO LIFE THERE IS NO BIRD IN THE STILL BLUE HEAVEN NO MOVEMENT UPON THE DULL GREY EARTH ABOVE ALL THERE IS ABSOLUTE SILENCE LISTEN AS ONE MAY THERE IS NO SHADOW OF A SOUND IN ALL THAT MIGHTY WILDERNESS NOTHING BUT SILENCE COMPLETE AND HEART SUBDUING SILENCE IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING APPERTAINING TO LIFE UPON THE BROAD PLAIN THAT IS HARDLY TRUE LOOKING DOWN FROM THE SIERRA BLANCO ONE SEES A PATHWAY TRACED OUT ACROSS THE DESERT WHICH WINDS AWAY AND IS LOST IN THE EXTREME DISTANCE IT IS RUTTED WITH WHEELS AND TRODDEN DOWN BY THE FEET OF MANY ADVENTURERS HERE AND THERE ARE SCATTERED WHITE OBJECTS WHICH GLISTEN IN THE SUN AND STAND OUT AGAINST THE DULL DEPOSIT OF ALKALI
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