Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . e trees whichseemed rocks and islets extending from a promontory intoan ocean. Southward, beyond all this vast sea of thirst, rosethe bluish heights of La Providencia, the mightiest j^icachoof the sierra of San Pedro iMartir (10,000 ft.), its crestmarked with gullies full of snow. In this days heat it wasalmost impossible to believe that less than three monthsbefore several cattlemen had been frozen to death near thebase of that mountain. Over all the flat expanse of Imked mud we saw no sug-gestions of life save reddish desert flies, dead snails, and afew bird bones
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . e trees whichseemed rocks and islets extending from a promontory intoan ocean. Southward, beyond all this vast sea of thirst, rosethe bluish heights of La Providencia, the mightiest j^icachoof the sierra of San Pedro iMartir (10,000 ft.), its crestmarked with gullies full of snow. In this days heat it wasalmost impossible to believe that less than three monthsbefore several cattlemen had been frozen to death near thebase of that mountain. Over all the flat expanse of Imked mud we saw no sug-gestions of life save reddish desert flies, dead snails, and afew bird bones, but when we drew near the sand dunes ofthe far side, a lean coyote sneaked out ahead and showed ushis heels. AAHien we reached the higher ground, towardsthe Tinaj a ^ foothills, we found the ground stre^vn withhoney-combed pebbles of red and black volcanic rock. In ^ A tinaja is an earthen water-jar, and these mountains are socalled because of the presence of pot-holes, which serve as naturalreservoirs for rain-water. 195. =5: St.
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