219

XXI. WHAT CHRISTMAS EVE BROUGHT 235

XXII. SHORT OF PROVISIONS IN A SUNLESS GORGE 249

XXIII. THE LAST PORTAGE AND THE LAST RAPIDS 267

XXIV. ON THE CREST OF A FLOOD 280

XXV. FOUR DAYS TO YUMA 290

XXVI. ACROSS THE MEXICO BORDER 303

XXVII. THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA 321

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Grand Canyon near the mouth of Ha Va Su Creek _Frontispiece_

After a difficult picture. E. C. Kolb on rope................... 2

In the Grand Canyon near the Little Colorado.................... 6

The start at Green River, Wyoming............................... 10

Fire Hole Chimneys.............................................. 10

A typical butte formation....................................... 14

Boats and crew. Photo taken in the Grand Canyon................. 18

Skeleton found in the Grand Canyon.............................. 22

Inside of the first canyons..................................... 26

Tilted rocks at Kingfisher Canyon............................... 26

"Immense rocks had fallen from the cliff"....................... 36

Ashley Falls, looking down-stream............................... 40

The rocks were dark red; occasional pines grew on the ledges,
making a charming combination of colour....................... 44

"We stopped at one hay ranch close to the Utah-Colorado line"... 48

Remarkable entrance to Lodore Canyon............................ 52

"The river cut a channel under the walls" at Lower Disaster
Falls......................................................... 56

"Everything was wet"............................................ 56

A Colorado River salmon......................................... 60

Lodore Canyon as seen from Brown's Park......................... 60

"The Canyon was gloomy and darkened with shreds of clouds"...... 64

"It took nine loads to empty one boat".......................... 68

"An upright log was found wedged between the boulders".......... 68

Echo Cliffs. "This was the end of Lodore"....................... 72

End of Echo Cliffs. The mouth of the Yampa River is on the
right.......................................................... 72

Marvels of erosion.............................................. 76

"Here was one end of the rainbow of rock that began on the
other side of t