e towers and terraces. It was as if the world were breaking
up. He fled away to his hut in terror.

The day is near when this scenery must be made accessible. A railway can
easily be built from Flagstaff. The projected road from Utah, crossing
the Colorado at Lee's Ferry, would come within twenty miles of the
Grand Canon, and a branch to it could be built. The region is arid, and
in the "sight-seeing" part of the year the few surface wells and springs
are likely to go dry. The greatest difficulty would be in procuring
water for railway service or for such houses of entertainment as are
necessary. It could, no doubt, be piped from the San Francisco Mountain.
At any rate, ingenuity will overcome the difficulties, and travellers
from the wide world will flock thither, for there is revealed the
long-kept secret, the unique achievement of nature.

APPENDIX.

A CLIMATE FOR INVALIDS.

The following notes on the climate of Southern California, written by
Dr. H. A. Johnson, of Chicago, at the solicitation of the writer of this
volume and for his information, I print with his permission, because the
testimony of a physician who has made a special study of climatology in
Europe and America, and is a recognized authority, belongs of right to
the public:

The choice of a climate for invalids or semi-invalids involves
the consideration of: First, the invalid, his physical
condition (that is, disease), his peculiarities (mental and
emotional), his social habits, and his natural and artificial
needs. Second, the elements of climate, such as temperature,
moisture, direction and force of winds, the averages of the
elements, the extremes of variation, and the rapidity of
change.

The climates of the western and south-western portions of the
United States are well suited to a variety of morbid
conditions, especially those pertaining to the pulmonary organs
and the nervous system. Very few localities, however, are
equally well adapted to diseases of innervation of circulation
and respiration. For the first and second, as a rule, high
altitudes are not advisable; for the third, altitudes of from
two thousand to six thousand feet are not only admissible but
by many thought to be desirable. It seems, however, probable
that it is to the dryness of the air and the general
antagonisms to vegetable growths, rather than to altitude
a