THE NAUTILUS. 



VOL. XXVIII. FEBRUARY, 1915. No. 1O 



OUR NEW MEXICAN EXPEDITION OF 1914. 



BY JAS. H. FERRISS. 



The Ashmunella territory, so far known, lies in the south- 

 western corner of New Mexico and the south-eastern corner of 

 Arizona. A line drawn south-westerly from Sante Fe, N. M., 

 500 miles to Nogales, Arizona, will mark the northwestern side. 

 A line starting 125 miles eastward of Santa Fe, in San Miguel 

 county N. M., running parallel with the former line to the 

 Organ Mountains in Donna Anna county will mark the south- 

 eastern boundary. Southward the genus is not known below 

 the Mexican line. There is much territory near at hand that 

 remains unexplored. 



Following the scouting expedition of 1913 a second scout- 

 ing expedition, assisted by Mr. L. E. Daniels was made into 

 this territory in the summer of 1914. In a heavy farm wagon, 

 accompanied by Mrs. Ferriss and Miss Nellie Shepherd, artist 

 of Oklahoma city, and with plenty of time, canvas and provis- 

 ions, the steps of the expedition of 1913 were retraced from Clif- 

 ton up the San Francisco and Blue rivers to Cosper's ranch, a 

 distance of 50 miles ; then continued up the Blue to its head, 

 and to Luna, New Mexico, all in a northerly direction. From 

 Luna the party turned south-easterly across the San Francisco 

 Mountains of New Mexico, (not Arizona,) to the Mogollon 

 mountains of New Mexico by the way of Alma. The state of 

 Arizona also, by the way, has a range of Mogollon Mountains, 

 further west. 



