The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

THE STILLNESS OF SOLITUDE.
rivulet, which our guide called Aguiia Frio, or cold water,
and most grateful did we find its sparkling coolness. This
little stream rises in a bed of lava, at an elevation of nearly
seven thousand feet above the level of the sea. After flowing through this rocky bed for a mile or two, it sinks
entirely from sight.
As the day was considerably advanced, our guide proposed that we should tarry here for the night, which was
swiftly approaching. In a short time our animals were
relieved of their burdens, supper was made ready, our
blankets spread, and our pipes lighted,- everything promising a good night's repose.
The moon, which was at its full, soon arose; and as I
strolled away from the camp, and seated myself upon a
fragment of lava at some distance, I could but acknowledge
that I was in a fair way to gain some experience of the
peculiar influence which fair Luna is said to exert over all
who gaze upon her regal beauty. The silence was oppressive; it overwhelmed me, as does the thought of the Infinite. I fancied myself shut out from the whole world,
wrapped in an impenetrable veil of mystery.
Scarcely a breath of air sighed through the tall spires of
grass around me. Even the melancholy chirp of the cricket
was hushed; the cuckoo and the plaintive whip-poor-will had
forgotten their songs; not even the rustle of a leaf disturbed the quiet which reigned supreme. Nature seemed
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