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CONTENTS 1^ 



I. Waves of the Sea 1 



II. Coast and Tableland 14 



III. Walks in the Cactus Country 37 



IV. Oasis and Desert 66 



v. The Mesquite Wilderness 91 



VI. The Marshes of Chapala 106 



VII. Camping in a Barranca 122 



VIII. Nature near Camp 152 



IX. Near the Twin Volcanos 170 



X. The ]\Iagic Pools 205 



XI. Along the Stream of Death 228 



XII. The Tropics 258 



XIII. The Hot Lands of the Pacific 300 



XIV. Around the Volcano by ^Ioonlight .... 340 

 XV. How We Did It. By Mrs. C. William Beebe . . 363 



APPENDIX ^^.^^(^T,) .S^.H^i-'^d^ 



List of the Birds and Mammals observed . . 377 



INDEX 401 



