356 Pictures of Bird Life 



ing anything better tlum coarse grass and low slirubs — sucli 

 as sallows or willows a few inches high. 



On some of the hillsides, exposed to the prevailing 

 westerly winds, trees were seen with every appearance of 

 great age, but most curiously stimtcd and deformed from 

 the constant struggle with the elements. Some were blown 

 perfectly flat against the hillside, so that nowhere were they 

 more than a foot above the ground, and not more than ten 

 or fifteen feet in length. It is impossible to imagine a 

 more eloquent testimony to the bleak nature of the country 

 during the greater part of the year. 



