How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 42
tion isquite different from that with which you arefamiliar. A curious plant often found in thiscountry is the cactus. Do not touch it, for itis covered with sharp spines. See how thickand leathery the leaves are. This helps it tolive in a dry climate. It bears a fruit which isyellow when ripe.… … Fig. 12. — A Cactus. A PUEBLO HOME 27 called Pueblos. Pueblo means village, so Ihardly need tell you that these people live invillages. Generally we find but one family ofIndians in a house, but this is not the case withthe Pueblos, for a whole village may consist ofbut three or four dwellings. The…
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