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 I36 THE CONDOR I Vol,. VIII mouth of the canyon to the spread-out green fields of the settled region just beyond the border of this rocky fastuess. 'these mountains are differeut from those where our work has led us before. Froln a distance they are deceiving. and one does uot get the faintest conceptiou of what they are or what they contain. 'they seem to be covered with only a .scrubby growth, but in reality the canyons are heavily wooded. There is hardly an indi- cation of the canyons and gorges from the outside, but once you euter, you are sur- rounded by the rock walls that stretch up for hundreds of feet. From the bed of the cauyon one can see little and get little idea of where he is going. In many places, the water cnts thrn the narrowSgorge of rock mid falls iuto deep pools be- GENERAL VIEW SHOWING LOCATION OF THE CONDOR'S NEST. THIS WAS SITUATED IN SMALL CAVE BEHIND ROCK ABOVE THE MARK X. OLD CONDOR IS SEEN JUST ALIGHTING ON DEAD TREE. PHOTO TAKEN FROM OPPOSITE SIDE OF CANYON FROM NESTING SITE youd which one cannot go except by scaling the mouutaiu side far above. From the trail three hundred feet above the rocky. boillug stream, we got the best idea of the mountains. In places, the ca.yon forms a complete S, with the middle of the S but a short distance froin the end of the letter but several lm.dred feet lower down. It looked as if Nature was iu a mighty upheaval when these mountains were formed; for the rock has beeu piled up for a thousand feet, mid for ages past the elements have done their best to cut into, crmnble and level these huge masses of stone. Following the trail for several miles alo.g the canyon we crone to the place where the great birds were last see.. From this poiut, we had a sple.did lookout up and down the ravine. For some time we watched and scanned the mountain