The lark still a wing tells the rapture of dawn?
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THE GRAND CAÑON OF THE COLORADO.
[From Major J. W. Powell's Report of the Exploration of the Cañons of the Colorado—1869.]
"FOR two years previous to the exploration, I had been making some geological studies among the heads of the cañons leading to the Colorado, and a desire to explore the Grand Cañon itself grew upon me. Early in the spring of 1869 a small party was organized for this purpose. Boats were built in Chicago, and transported by rail to the point where the Union Pacific Railroad crosses the Green River. With these we were to descend the Green into the Colorado, and the Colorado down to the foot of the Grand Cañon."
From the record of May 24, 1869, we quote the following: