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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 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
ir prairies. The coyote skulks among the scrub, the buzzard flaps heavily through the air, and the clumsy grizzly bear lumbers through the dark ravines, and picks up such sustenance as it can amongst the rocks. These are the sole dwellers in the wilderness. In the whole world there can be no more dreary view than that from the northern slope of the Sierra Blanco. As far as the eye can reach stretches the great flat plain-land, all dusted 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. ES ONCE MORE UPON THEIR PRAIRIES THE COYOTE SKULKS AMONG THE SCRUB THE BUZZARD FLAPS HEAVILY THROUGH THE AIR AND THE CLUMSY GRIZZLY BEAR LUMBERS THROUGH THE DARK RAVINES AND PICKS UP SUCH SUSTENANCE AS IT CAN AMONGST THE ROCKS THESE ARE THE SOLE DWELLERS IN THE WILDERNESS IN THE WHOLE WORLD THERE CAN BE NO MORE DREARY VIEW THAN THAT FROM THE NORTHERN SLOPE OF THE SIERRA BLANCO AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN REACH STRETCHES THE GREAT FLAT 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
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