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Plate I. Laosa, a typical southern Arizona ranch Frontispiece. 



TI. Contrast Vjetween dry and wet seasons in foothills range: Fig. 1.^ 

 Live oak belt, uj^per foothills, eastern slope of Huachuca Moun- 

 tains, before the rainy season began. Fig. 2. — Upper foothills, 

 northern slope, Santa Rita Mountains, at the close of the rainy 



season 62 



■ III. The large inclo.«ure: Fig. 1. — Pyramid Hill; horses digging for water 

 in the sands of an arroyo. Fig. 2. — Looking south from the top 



of Pyramid Hill, showing general character of fenced area 62 



IV. Saltbushes: Fig. 1. — Atrlple.r lentlfunitix, the largest of our native 

 saltbushes, Teiupe, Ariz. Fig. 2. — Alriple.v elegans; lai^e inclo- 



sure, northern foothills, Santa Rita Mountains 62 



V. Fig. 1. — Hay meadow, Salt River Valley. Fig. 2. — Erosion along 



Pantano wash, east of Santa Rita Mountains 62 



YI. .Utilerilla range: Fig. 1. — Alfilerilla and Indian wheat near Dudley- 



ville. Fig. 2. — Alfllerilla and Indian wheat near Oracle 62 



VII. Two phases of the range question: Fig. 1. — Goats and the oak brush 

 upon which they live. Fig. 2. — The remains of thirteen head of 



cattle in a space of 30 feet along a small arroyo near Arivaca 62 



VIII. Haying scenes in southern Arizona: Fig. 1. — Mexicans at Sopori 

 stacking "celite" {Amaranthus palmeri). Fig. 2. — A Mexican 



packing hay from the mountains 62 



IX.. Native pasture lands in southern Arizona: Fig. 1. — Galleta [Hilarkt 

 rrnUica) in a swale south of Vail Station. Fig. 2. — A round-up in 



the northern foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains 62 



X. Fig. 1. — An ocotilla forest about 4 uiiles northeast of the large inclo- 

 sure. Fig. 2. — The work of prairie dogs upon the northern slope 

 of the White Mountains 62 



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Fict. 1. Diagram of the large inclosure in the northern foothills of the Santa 



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