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quite so, however : for ten miles from Palm Springs 

 is Snow Creek, which comes down from San Jacinto 

 Mountain (debouching about opposite Whitewater 

 Station) and offers fair trout-fishing, as does also 

 the stream in Whitewater Caiion, a few miles away 

 across the valley from Snow Creek. This, I must 

 confess, exhausts the fishing possibilities of Our 

 Araby, unless one is minded to try what can be 

 done with the Salton Sea, where some kinds of 

 coarse fish, principally mullet, are plentiful and 

 seem to give good sport for the gulls and pelicans. 



There is more to be said for the gun, however.* 

 Quail are numerous, and give excellent shooting 

 when in season. On the open sandy levels the desert 

 or Gambel quail in good coveys will be found in 

 the vicinity of mesquit thickets: in the canons the 

 valley species exists in fair numbers: while at 

 higher altitudes the mountain quail appears. Doves 

 may be had anywhere near water by gunners who 

 care to shoot those trustful creatures. A few snipe 

 and duck can be found if one knows where to look 

 for them, but, naturally, such spots are few and 

 far between in Our Araby. The duck-hunter who 

 cares to go so far as to the Salton Sea, however, 

 may expect good sport. 



*It should be noted that shooting on Indian Reservation 

 land, except by Indians, is strictly prohibited by law. 

 There is a good deal of such land in the neighborhood 

 of Palm Springs besides that upon which the Indian 

 village is situated. Hunters should inform themselves 

 as to the boundaries of Indian land. 



