THE LAND OF LITTLE RAIN 



EAST away from the Sierras, south 

 from Panamint and Amargosa, east 

 and south many an uncounted mile, is the 

 Country of Lost Borders. 



Ute, Paiute, Mojave, and Shoshone in- 

 habit its frontiers, and as far into the heart 

 of it as a man dare go. Not the law, but \^' 



the land sets the limit. Desert is the name 

 it wears upon the maps, but the Indian's 

 is the better word. Desert is a loose term 

 to indicate land that supports no man; 

 ^ whether the land can be bitted and broken 

 \ to that purpose is not proven. Void of.^fe 

 ^ it never is, however dry the air and villA- 

 ous the soil. 



This is the nature of that country. 

 There are hills, rounded, blunt, burned, 

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