Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 109
trees arefound, always a welcome sight to the traveler,for they indicate the presence of water, thoughoften it is alkaline, and not very wholesome norpleasant to the taste. As a rule, they are placedabout the shore-line of the ancient sea that for-merly occupied much of the locality, and tracesof… … PALM BIRD-HOUSES IN AN OASIS OFTHE COLORADO DESERT. In traveling recently about the desert, one ofmy camping-places was at an oasis called SevenPalms, in the northwest part of the region. Thereare actually about twenty palms in the oasis, some standingsingly or in pairs,with one groupof ten or…
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