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 VIEW FROM ITS SUMMI T.
concealed by a long, line of foliage, and surmoulnte(d by snow clad peaks, that seemed to resemble fleecy clouds reposing
upon lofty, rocky islands which rose from out a sea whose
dark-green waves, gracefully undulated by the summer
breeze, appeared to lovingly embrace and kiss their rugged
sides as they stretched far away in the distance. To the
south, extending as far as the eye could reach, peaks,
mounds, and mesas rose one above the other, over which the
beautiful purple haze had thrown a veil so filmy and light,
that while it toned down and tried to conceal the rugged
barrenness of the country, clothing it with anl indescribable
charm and nameless beauty, it magnified and brought into
bold relief every canion, every gorge, every rocky ridge, in
delightful contrast to which appeared here and there charming bits of prairie, their bright green surface dotted with
the sombre foliage of magnificent cedars add spreading oaks.
To the west stretched an unbroken line of high cliffs,
elevated mesas, volcanic peaks, and desert solitudes, over
which the foot of civilized man never yet trod, while occasionally could be seen the grayish-white surface of an alkali
plain, upon some playa of which, the descending sun cast its
glittering light, reflecting back its rays with a faithfuln(ss
and intensity that made it resemble a huge mirror quietly
reposing in its rough setting, or some silvery lake whose
waters were undisturbed by a single ripple; the whole
scene forming a picture never to be forgotten.
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