My First Summer 



for worms and pine nuts. The squaws carry 

 immense loads on their backs across the 

 rough passes and down the range, making 

 journeys of about forty or fifty miles each 

 way. 



The desert around the lake is surprisingly 





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MONO LAKE AND VOLCANIC CONES, LOOKING SOUTH 



flowery. In many places among the sage 

 bushes I saw mentzelia, abronia, aster, big- 

 elovia, and gilia, all of which seemed to 

 enjoy the hot sunshine. The abronia, in 

 particular, is a delicate, fragrant, and most 

 charming plant. 



Opposite the mouth of the canon a range 



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