496 BUFFALO LAND. 



Nor would I wish to be understood as contrasting with other 

 sections of the Rocky Mountain region, only so far as these 

 Territories have the advantage in temperature. It is possible 

 Arizona should be included, but, as I have not visited it, I can 

 not speak of it. 



"There is no better place of resort for those suffering with 

 pulmonary complaints than here. It is time for the health- 

 seekers of our country to learn and appreciate the fact that 

 within our own bounds are to be found all the elements of 

 health that can possibly be obtained by a tour to the eastern 

 continent, or any other part of the world; and that, in ad- 

 dition to the invigorating air, is scenery as wild, grand, and 

 varied as any found amid the Alpine heights of Switzerland. 

 And here, too, from Middle Park to Los Vegas, is a suc- 

 cession of mineral and hot springs of almost every character. 



" The productions of New Mexico, as might be inferred from 

 the variety of its climate, are varied, but the staples will evi- 

 dently be cattle, sheep, wool, and wine, for which it seems to 

 be peculiarly adapted. The table-lands and mountain valleys 

 are covered throughout with the nutritious gramma and other 

 grasses, which, on account of the dryness of the soil, cure upon 

 the ground, and afford an inexhaustible supply of food for 

 flocks and herds both summer and winter. The ease and com- 

 paratively small cost with which they can be kept, the rapidity 

 with which they increase, and exemption from epidemic dis- 

 eases, added to the fact that winter- feeding is not required, 

 must make the raising of stock and wool-growing a prominent 

 business of the country the only serious drawback at present 

 being the fear of the hostile Indian tribes. But, as these re- 

 marks apply equally well to all these districts, I will speak 



