Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 461
THE SCREW-BEAN MESQUir WITH CLUSTERS OF FRUIT it, and the prospector, his burro; the wan-derer famished for water creeps into itsshade (if only he can find one), and theIndian stalks his quarry from its cover. It is,in truth, natures great boon to the arid belt,that Great American Desert which… … UIT OF THE SCREW-BEAN MESQUFl which now is sprinkled with towns, farmingsettlements, and mining-camps. In a year or two of wanderings on the Colo-rado Desert I often had occasion to bless the mesquit. It has been to me house, shade,and fuel, as well as stable and fodder for myhorse, and, had itbeen…
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