xvi ILLUSTRATIONS 



The Side-winder, the Little Horned Rattlesnake that /^ 



GOES Sideways 134 



Cholla Cactus, the Vilest OF the Vile 134 



Joshua-Trees on a High Mesa 140 



At Twenty-Nine Palms 150 



In Painted Canon 170 



At Agua Dulce: Home OF FiGTREE John .... 182 



Sunrise over the Salton Sea 188 



On a Desert Mountain Trail 230 



The Old Stage-Station at Vallecitos 248 



In the Superstitions 266 



A Desert Settler's Home 288 



An Old Saguaro, with Holes of the Elf-Owl . . .312 



The City of La Paz 334 



Cahuilla Indian Adobe House and Storage-Basket . 348 



Pictographs of the Cahuilla Indians 348 



God's Acre: Chollas and Mortality 356 



