. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . ow in my foot-steps. In the first place, take a well-stocked grub box with youfrom the coast. The food supply is not abundant along the wayand not always agreeable to an unseasoned palate. Take also a. shot gun. for the country abounds with small game of all descrip-tions; quail, doves, wild pigeons and a grouse called queche—a 26 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO noble table bird. You can easily kill all the game you want with-out leaving the trail. Then, by all means,
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . ow in my foot-steps. In the first place, take a well-stocked grub box with youfrom the coast. The food supply is not abundant along the wayand not always agreeable to an unseasoned palate. Take also a. shot gun. for the country abounds with small game of all descrip-tions; quail, doves, wild pigeons and a grouse called queche—a 26 A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO noble table bird. You can easily kill all the game you want with-out leaving the trail. Then, by all means, have one of the patentcots that fold up into a compass not much greater than a fishingpole. Insect life is rather numerous in Mexico, and if you sleepon the ground, you may have cause to lament it. We went onestep furthur—we brought mattresses. This was a concession tothe isolicitude of female members of the family, but I am wihingto testify that the idea is not half bad. But those mattresses cre-ated a sensation along the trail that has hardly subsided yet. Wisegringos usually have cots in their travels hereabouts, but I am. Mountains Around San Dimas. certain that no mattresses had ever penetrated those parts than once they were on exhibition before large and appre-ciative audiences of muleteers and resident peons, who expressedtheir wonderment variously. One said They must be very old-sage and philosopher remarked, If they go to sleepon those soft things they will never wake up, and so on down theline. Also, do not allow any weak prejudice to stand in the way of A GLIMPSE OF OLD MEXICO 27 choosing- a mule as a saddle animal. A mule is not a thing ofbeauty, neither is its character loveable but you can rely on it tocarry you safely over ticklish places in the mountains when a horsewould be a mighty uncertain support. A mule never loses itspresence of mind, never is disturbed at trifles and has no inclina-tion to be sensational under any circumstan
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