" ... gullies of red or ochre earth meet and interlace... "

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One mile south of Thousand Palm Canyon Chase is " ... struck by

the Arabian look of this locality. " Yet with the painter's eye Chase

see's color, in all that his gaze takes in. Whether specifically

naming those colors or implying them in the ' coarse gravel, '

' stunted mesquite and cat-claw, ' the raven's ' morose hue, '

and ' the palm, ' Chase's description is suffused with color.

Black, blue, green red, brown and grey are conjured up as

Chase ' paints ' for us the unfolding scene. 

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" I was struck by the Arabian look of this locality. High-walled

gullies of red or ochre earth meet and interlace, their bottoms

filled with coarse gravel and boulders mixed with blue-grey

smoke-bush and stunted mesquite and cat-claw. Among

the birds, only the raven seems to tolerate this desolate spot,

and his morose hue, tragical voice, and general graveyard

air do nothing to enliven one's impression. The eye, dis-

couraged by the crudity of the scene, instinctively dwells

upon the palm whenever it is in sight, overlooking its

sameness of form for the relief of its, grace, finish and

apperance of culture. "

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