NEW MEXICO 



r EW MEXICO has an area of 121,201 

 square miles. The northern and west- 

 ern portions of the territory are quite 

 mountainous, the altitude ranging from 

 5,000 feet above sea-levei in the foot- 

 hill valleys to about 13,000 feet in the 

 mountains. The interior and eastern 

 portions consist mainly of level prairies 

 with occasional high table-lands provided with tim- 

 ber, and some hills and mountains. The valley lands in 

 the foot-hills and along the streams are devoted to 

 agriculture, and are farmed under systems of irrigation. 

 The prairies, being fine grazing lands, are covered 

 with herds of cattle, horses, and sheep. 



Much game is to be found in New Mexico. In the 

 mountains and foot-hills large game abounds, such as 

 elk, mountain-sheep, Rocky Mountain goat, black- 

 tailed deer, Virginia deer, bear, both cinnamon and 

 black, with occasionally a silver tip or grizzly, cougar 

 or panther, commonly called mountain-lion, wildcat, 

 lynx, gray or timber-wolf, coyote, red fox, swift, 

 badger, beaver, otter, coon, squirrel, marmot, and other 

 small furred animals. On the prairies, antelope are 

 still abundant in some localities, and with the jack-rabbit 

 afford sport for those who are fond of the chase. 



Of the feathered game, there are wild turkey, duck of 

 all the migratory kinds, wild geese, brant, swan, sand- 

 hill crane, curlew, ibis, and many species of snipe, 



