. Campfires on desert and lava . id regions. Water isnot necessarily the only thing that can make a desert offirst-class use to man. Perhaps there is much to be donewith plant life alone. It is the view of at least one layman that when theCarnegie Institution of Washington took up the problem*of the deserts, chose Dr. MacDougal and established theLaboratory at Tucson, it did the best piece of work forPan-America that it has done thus far. It seems to methat we should not expect much in or of the mountains ofArizona, except prospect holes, mines and mining com-panies in endless-chain rotation.
. Campfires on desert and lava . id regions. Water isnot necessarily the only thing that can make a desert offirst-class use to man. Perhaps there is much to be donewith plant life alone. It is the view of at least one layman that when theCarnegie Institution of Washington took up the problem*of the deserts, chose Dr. MacDougal and established theLaboratory at Tucson, it did the best piece of work forPan-America that it has done thus far. It seems to methat we should not expect much in or of the mountains ofArizona, except prospect holes, mines and mining com-panies in endless-chain rotation. Steep-sided pyramidsof bare granite and hills of bare brown lava can hardlybe made to bloom with roses; but with the level floor offertile desert that covers four-fifths of Arizona and NewMexico, it needs no great wisdom to inspire the belief thatmuch may yet be done. I am the Desert; bare since Time began;Yet do I dream of motherhood, when manOne day at last will look upon my charms,And give me towns, like children, to my CHAPTER III TRAILING INTO A NEW WORLD Our Social Register—A Model Outfit—A New and Different World—An Encounter with Indians—Our First Accident Averted—ACattle Ranch Around a Desert Well—Animal Life of the First Day—The First Camp-Fire. On the morning of November 2 our outfit was assem-bled in the compound of Dr. MacDougals bungalow,near the University, and I opine that it was as nearlyperfect as any that ever took the trail in Arizona. As became a party bent on a serious exploration, thepersonnel of the party showed a wide range of , the following were among those present aswe trailed from Tucson 140 miles down to Sonoyta,Mexico: Dr. D. T. MacDougal, commander-in-chief; botanist,expert photographer, sportsman—and a mighty good shotwith his old Winchester carbine. Mr. John M. Phillips, of Camp-Fires in the CanadianRockies, and Pittsburgh; iron manufacturer, Pennsyl-vania State Game Commissioner, expert sportsman, and
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