—William C. Gannet: "Sunday on the Hill-Top."
THE SECRETS OF THE HILLS
I. In the Bad Land Library
It has been said[17] that crystals are dreaming of life, they act so like living things. We may imagine the crystals in the granite rocks which first came into being with the cooling of the fire globe, dreaming out the long procession of life and change that followed them.
[17] John Burroughs: "The Breath of Life."
But what nightmares they must have had when they foresaw such creatures as the one on [page 23], that grotesque, that unbelievable combination of bird and beast, the cerotosaurus! The bones of such monsters are one of the most astonishing secrets of the hills.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF MOUNTAINS
HOW THE BAD LANDS GOT THEIR NAME
"The Bad Lands are so called because they are bad for travelling—that is, if you're in anything of a hurry!"