that this wonderful property is common 

 to the Rio Grande as well as the Has- 

 sayampa, and, indeed, all the rivers of 

 Mexico, as well as their branches, and 

 the springs, wells, ponds, lakes, and 

 irrigation ditches. However that may 

 be, the Hassayampa is the best-known 

 stream of this remarkable peculiarity. 

 The higher one goes, the greater its 

 potency, and Pedro was from the head- 

 waters. But he protested by all the 

 saints that his story was true. He 

 pulled out a little bottle of garnets, got 

 by glancing over the rubbish laid about 

 their hills by the desert ants ; he thrust 

 it back into his wallet and produced 

 another bottle with a small quantity of 

 gold-dust, also gathered at the rare 

 times when he was not sleepy, and the 

 sheep did not need driving, watering, 

 stoning, or reviling. 



" Here, I bet dat it ees so." 



Gold is a loud talker. 



