Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 884
this greattract—then a part of the Great American Desert,but now specially designated as Salduro—was theonly true desert in America. Across its entireextent not one atom of animal or vegetable lifehas ever been found. It is appalling in its mysteries and deceptions.A man a mile away assumes… … A GROOVING-MACHINE ON THE GREAT SALT-BED AT SALDURO dazzling salt-bed there is nothing with whichto estimate sizes or distances. Not a single twigof sagebrush or greasewood or cactus greets theeye. The mountains, fifty miles away, seem to bewithin easy strolling distance. And the silenceis weirdly…
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