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National Geographic : 1911 Sep
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Photo by Leonard Kennedy LOOKING DOWN KAIETEUR GORGE FROM THE BRINK OF THE FALL There is a gentle roar. Only now and then a deep, thunderous growl arose from the hidden caverns at the bottom, giving some idea of the forces which contended there. Above I could follow the path of the Potaro between the trees for a mile or so, and further off the country became rolling; in the distance, mountainous. The precipitous banks of the river curved in a semicircle, with the fall at the head. Directly below me the river rushed among huge boulders, as if terrified by the shock it had just received. The gray sandstone of which the gorge is formed was covered in many places by a thick growth of brilliant green moss, watered by the spray which constantly rises in clouds from the bottom of Kaieteur. The radiant color of that moss was almost the only touch of brilliancy I ever saw in the Guiana bush. Looking back through the valley up which I had come, another glorious view was opened. The higher plain was perfectly level as far as the eye could see. Through it the great gorge was cut, its twisting sides in equal slopes covered with tropical forests. The sky was of a dazzling blue, covered in part by fleecy gray clouds. Nature had formed a conspiracy to as tound the eye of man. 858
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