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Title: John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10)
Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park

Author: John L. Stoddard

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JOHN L. STODDARD'S LECTURES, VOLUME 10 (of 10)

Southern California
Grand Canon of the Colorado River
Yellowstone National Park

Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the
World's Famous Places and People, Being
the Identical Discourses Delivered
during the Past Eighteen
Years under the Title
of the Stoddard
Lectures

Boston
Balch Brothers Co.
Norwood Press
J. S. Gushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Macdonald & Sons, Bookbinders, Boston

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

[Illustration]

Nature has carefully guarded Southern California. Ten thousand miles
of ocean roll between her western boundary and the nearest continent;
while eastward, her divinity is hedged by dreary deserts that forbid
approach. Although the arid plains of eastern Arizona are frequently
called deserts, it is not till the west-bound tourist has passed
Flagstaff that the word acquires a real and terrible significance.
Then, during almost an entire day he journeys through a region which,
while it fascinates, inspires him with dread. Occasionally a flock of
goats suggests the possibility of sustaining life here, but sometimes
for a distance of fifty miles he may see neither man nor beast. The
villages, if