THE NAUTILUS. 



Vol. XXXIV JULY, 1920. No. I 



THE NAVAJO NATION. 



BY JAS. H. FEERISS. 



( Concluded. ) 



In northeastern Arizona sandstone and shale of different 

 periods are the prevailing types, geologically. The Carrizo 

 range and a small country about sixty miles north of Hoi- 

 brook, Arizona, and a few needles thrust through the desert 

 floor here and there belong to the igneous group. Less than 

 one-tenth is limestone, and in character of little worth to the 

 snail industry. 



Vegetation is not so plentiful or varied in character as in the 

 region lying southward to the Mexican border, but much of the 

 material is new to collectors, and some of the species new to 

 science. At an elevation between 6,000 and 7,000 feet juniper 

 (/. monorperma) and pinyon (P. edulis), and up to 8,500 feet 

 yellow pine (P. ponderosa), quaking asp, spruce and oak pre- 

 vail, with columbines, phlox, aconitum, larkspur in the usual 

 mountain profusion. Ferns are rare. 



W. N. Clute, editor of the American Botanist, and the pres- 

 ent writer, both of Joliet, 111., were invited to join the class of 

 1919. They needed no urging. The good ship Ford, chafing 

 at its Tucson anchorage was in line at Flagstaff July 1. Leav- 

 ing the Lowell Observatory with the Normal School faculty and 

 several pleasant people, a run was made over to Grand View, on 

 the Grand Canyon, about 70 miles, to organize, get acquainted 

 and make a fresh start. It is one of the best views of the 



