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Looking down on this very scene, there stood upon the fourth of May, eighteen hundred and forty seven, a solitary traveller. His appearance was such that he might have been the very genius or demon of the region. LOOKING DOWN ON THIS VERY SCENE THERE STOOD UPON THE FOURTH OF MAY EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN A SOLITARY TRAVELLER HIS APPEARANCE WAS SUCH THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE VERY GENIUS OR DEMON OF THE REGION
ining 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. 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. E 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 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
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