. Campfires on desert and lava . selves down in the scanty shade of thewagon, to rest and eat a frugal luncheon. A watermelonthat had been saved from the raid on the Papago wagonwas here broached, and quickly consumed; but it wasCharlies arrival with six canteens full of good water thatreally saved our lives. On the desert it is drink, drink, drink! from twohours after sunrise until one hour before sunset. Eachman carries his personal canteen, and it is a duty that heowes his party to keep it with him, and fill it on every fairoccasion. Unless you have travelled the arid regions,doubtless you
. Campfires on desert and lava . selves down in the scanty shade of thewagon, to rest and eat a frugal luncheon. A watermelonthat had been saved from the raid on the Papago wagonwas here broached, and quickly consumed; but it wasCharlies arrival with six canteens full of good water thatreally saved our lives. On the desert it is drink, drink, drink! from twohours after sunrise until one hour before sunset. Eachman carries his personal canteen, and it is a duty that heowes his party to keep it with him, and fill it on every fairoccasion. Unless you have travelled the arid regions,doubtless you have no idea how good water really is. Ido not mean apoUinaris, or vichy, or white rock, orany other *table water of the Pampered Few, but justplain, old-fashioned H^O, of well, or *water-hole, ordesert tank, as the case may be. Dr. MacDougal saysthat in the maximum heat of midsummer in the South-west an average able-bodied man consumes two gallons ormore of drinking water daily. After the halt at the Comobabi Indian village, we. rrom a photograph by D. T. MaclJougal Papago Indian Houses and Oven, at Comobabi
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