. Campfires on desert and lava . own up from the Gulf, but atpresent the only visible work of this crater, of any decidedimportance, is the lava field toward the east, which boiledout through the notch and flowed toward Pinacate fortwo miles or more. That crater was the leading sensation of the day—butnot the only one. When the teams arrived opposite thepoint of view, the men leaped from the wagons and fledup the lava-covered slope to the sky-line, for a share of thewonder. At imminent risk to the safety of Bill and* Maude, the whole party of men and dogs strung itselfalong the rim, vainly str
. Campfires on desert and lava . own up from the Gulf, but atpresent the only visible work of this crater, of any decidedimportance, is the lava field toward the east, which boiledout through the notch and flowed toward Pinacate fortwo miles or more. That crater was the leading sensation of the day—butnot the only one. When the teams arrived opposite thepoint of view, the men leaped from the wagons and fledup the lava-covered slope to the sky-line, for a share of thewonder. At imminent risk to the safety of Bill and* Maude, the whole party of men and dogs strung itselfalong the rim, vainly striving to absorb into their systemsan adequate impression of the wonderful scene. Early inthe game three photographers went to work. Of course,no camera could take in the entire crater on one plate, noreven the half of it; so each of the two real photographersmade a three-section panorama. Their pictures are verygood, especially when put together in a strip two feet long;but when an effort is made to reduce all that down to the. ^ s MACDOUGAL PASS AND VOLCANO 169 length of a book illustration, the grandeur of it goes all topieces, and the reduction is a tame spectacle. It was while we were admiring the crater at the rateof twenty interjections per minute, and the camera menwere working their hardest, that we were startled by twothundering reports coming from the notch, just out of oursight, southward. As the roar of the shots rose on thestill air, resounded through the crater and undoubtedlytravelled far beyond, we all looked at each other in blankastonishment. Who was It must be Daniels and Charlie.* They must have found some sheep in that notch! So they had; but not as we thought; and the sequelwas one of the most exciting and painful episodes of thetrip. CHAPTER XIII THE PAPAGO TANKS AND THE LAVA FIELDS An Unpleasant Episode at MacDougal Crater—Mr. Daniels LeavesUs—By Pack-Train Across the Lava—The Papago Tanks—Aque-ducts Through the Lava—Our Little Oasis
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