Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 364
llowstone, and the Yosemite— by water. It seems probablethat Gowans little round valley was once a lake,dammed by ledges at the south end which have since disappeared The rich mud soilfound only here would indicate that. At allevents, here was once a great round layer oflimestone, many hundred feet… … ANOTHER VIEW OF THE GREAT BRIDGE. rock. As the west side of the valley was lowest,there toiled the greatest throng of water-work- 832 STRANGE CORNERS OF OUR COUNTRY. men. And slowly so the tunnel grew until thedark winding burrow of a rivulet became thegreat cavern. The hermit who owns it was born…
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