Miscellany: Tremendous Chasm

The last mnnbcr of Kendali'j interesüncr sketches of inciden Is connected wilh ihe Sati-1 te Fe Ëxpedition is as followgi The pioming of ihe 3d of September bn,ko btighi. and cioutlló&e, the sum ii.-iur out of the prairie id ; ü bis majesty. JSingolai as n tr.ay iiiipe:T, ntisrly evjy showt r We had caníe i; t.'ie niglii, IVi.in ili-e lime we lijft A.iisfin'nntU; w& ici.ched the Mexrpair se..tk'inrntf. A:iih we upenc a c. uj.le of hroïics dyyiog mir blafik-i cte, ilion baddleü np uiu) puröuwJ '-ur jouti.L'v, and i!l in fbe iiorilnvesL direclion. We had tcarcoly gonsix tui!o.-, before wc' 6iidienly aiiit; upon au inmit'iigp rent or cffi'a m in Ihe iMrili, h;r e.'jep(I.Pr ") di-j-ih tliu pi;ei we had sq inm-h fficuljtj,; iil cr nsuïg (fre d iy ! before. Nu ope u as owèré ofits èxiöteiiceuntil vc vct( ui.i.aiiuCfly upu:i iis brink, whert a-8jt(tBcFe-, exceedurg in {rrandêtir i:dv th.iig w;ehöpr v, (,i&ly uiiiKTM.'., c:oo m,u enly in iew. TÑot tree or bu.-.li, lo outli -e wbáfever inarkétl ita p. i tióii or conrst: and we werfe ill lost i aninzeniént Úüá y. onder, is one afterianotber telt tiiè doublé lile rii)k?,anü Tode up ti. the verge of the ynwning ibv?. In (ieplh il cmiui hoi húve bj?Bii:lei-9 iban eiphthn. tned ora tlioiiír.jiíl íetv, nd fropi three to five huuditd yuros in widli: and :it tire poiftt whére we fitst rock il', the sidr wore nearly perpendicular. A t-icMy bensutioii oí dizzinotss w:is feit by b], ils we lübked dówTj oe ie were, inrotlje veiy dep'.he of rhe curtlj. Below, an ocasinal Bpot of rtcv-n felièved the oye, nnd a eniuil etreum of wattr, now rieiug 10 tlie view thru Bihking neneaih s-me hugp ruuk, wns nnd foáming ahmg. ItnmenHe walls, columns, in some pmces mTit appeared to bu arches were soen stonding, vorn by the water undoubtediy, end so perirci in form that we could with difficulty. be bronght to believe tbat the hand of man was not apon thenj. The rauw of centuries, faüing upouimmen4 prairie, hm! heft foond a resorvoi ti.t) tlicir wórkhijL upon tlic diffètent veins b eortft a ml sione had iormed t :.cs.e -sirano-eam lanci'iil slicpos. BfefOré teaching il,0 cliftsm, u-o bad cropsot mimeroii J;.rPe trniíe leiKÜ: a linio miare lo die we.st íIjiih we trove liíir. ftnd enterei nt o commi.n ctos8H4g cWe bv." In ttiis (..!.- jeeture wc uern not din prori ed; fijr a tiot of hiilfan Ji..irbn.n:r!ii i,g niolarè r. n!. rhe tbótoaghrnrè hl. n.r u inHi mílliong of IM. iliiiriK, l)iiffiilo cnflnins ,nj irr.vrüefi lor JT2ar. Pc.üoMsiis tt.fï rlp.srent looked, ivë ilipre wob ho other nc.ir. Wc fonpvj n rutjnme sireaiii at ilic; Sotiiwu.. "nu on thf opposin; eufe h romantic delj c..vored wii li short grasg uu! h fi w sOtUeriijg i cottotw-nnilü. A luTge body of Irxtfai imri entfnmfed on tr.is eiy por a fovv days previ" ons: fh(i ivilted oF Hie troos ■ nü other rfgïis" shóVnnV fhi ibe burl madèft a tP-.!Lr ptacR. VVe, ico, Halted n couíe of bourfttrtgVeotii;.Lpri?ca r oppuit':n;v lo írrj'zoan.l re,t !;tins.]M.s. Th ira.l v.i.i.-h j 10 )n"fheoppo8Tfè siÜe dfscovijfiMl ;i -iiort diBtance ahóve .%;! Lhe.Foiüh. wiudme tB tJic s' (-.;).! il n:i:.r! m.:(h , i--ciicp. As vi? joiine,vl Jong ttig '-i!. -ill rere tr:'(k nili olfi.)jr!ipji nt tf;e (! pifül ' uree m de b_v the woning of the ;proces, peneei wsns, rrtrmod oí rêaisH n.-v. WiTC f-i' il ;-: ;.. i.ir) „ír v. :o t Ir'V :uivv!iro! f, 'v. w.iii;; imposiiblè ro hèTjetfi liiot btbertlian the li.onJ.oi'riinnfia,d formed ffaèm. Th velu i f wbich fhöèfl w.-.l's rc! osód was of even thu ln)Q.-;ê, vwy l.;:rd i n! iiin pr jíMulJcr.)-. rlv; ati] rhMi i ïliiófiier ea wlr.eli luid suiroiinifrf ilirm w;i v'WhVd aivay, the vciitspiill r'pjnnined s:ii{1;iLr u;'ri-n: 1 s.'m:r places oné Imn.iicil Irei lii'li, nnÜtbré or Tuur hui r] rf(] in ongtli. (JoJuinns, !oi, werp :herr; ütuI e;ch wn tlteir nrcliiU'ctuii,] ortlur, ntx] so ir.iifh oiT chaste grandue; 13 about llipm, tljt we tíe lost in wonder nnd admiiatich. In nth er placeé, .e bro.-ist v.-orks pf f.irts would 1; ■lniiily visible; tben, i;;in. the frownííig t-irrenrs pf souie ptfstÖ of:lip ölrfcii time. Cumbrous pjlbrs ofion.e m%hiy,pUe thjj&pH to fe lición or ioyalr_v, were -cañorrcl aboul: regu.'anty was Etr:M!e-c]y mixed up with ruin uiitl disorder - ind sature lru! io;.e it qH Nirig ara ha. hen cousiiJpied oni? of hpr würiesi ireaka bnt Niágara tii)!;s iu'o iusicrriifiriiiinp when compartid with tlie wild granduei of this awlii! ctasro, Imnination car;ïed u? bHck toTliebre, to Vnnra, and to anciont AHiciií; and wn con!d nut help thinking that we wicre iiö.w afhong iheir ruins. By ihe middlo of Ve afiprn. on we were all safely acrus at'ter spfnding fivp or six h mus coritpleielv sluit out tVom the world. Agëio we fontid oursdvp.s upon the level prairip, atid on Inok ing back a fier procepding sume hundrod yards, not a sign of the immense cuvornwtLü visiblp. The waöte we we: e then iipbri; was at Irist ?wo bundréd au.! fifry mileis in width; and tho two clr.sms I hnve tnentionrd werp the rcservoiis. nnd at thf same time the cori!ucfnrs,ot' Khe heavy qnantity of rain wbich falls upon it dtiring tu; wet season to the run ang Btfp&ütB. The prnirie is undfnibteiily tïie atgest in the world, and the chumis ure in wrf'ect keejii)i( with the izo of the prairie.