Ordinarily one looks at the wonders of Bryce Canyon from the edge of it.  Here Horace has noticed the line of characters watching him approach on a path.  They stand like stock characters in a Commedia dell’arte.  There, perhaps, are the boasting solider, the cuckolded husband, the disobedient servant, the jester, the helpless damsel,  the scheming Turk,  and the hunchback Punchinello.  Add your own stock character. Its up to you to decide which is which.  Take your time.  They are in no hurry.  And click to enlarge.