TWO HORSES BITTEN BY RATTLESNAKES. 15 
e: rly morn. An abundance of very large cotton-wood timber 
is seen in the background. Such views as these are met with _ 
e verywhere throughout the hundred miles of uninhabited 
y alley ; but, thirty miles north of Fort Craig, timber begins to 
diminish, and the higher you go amongst the settlements the 
scarcer, unfortunately, it becomes. Twenty years, however, 
would make the bare parts of the valley quite as beautiful as 
the uninhabited districts further south, were cotton-wood 
rees planted along the acequias. 
- During the last day’s march along the Rio Grande two of 
pur horses were bitten by a rattlesnake, the same one having, 
it is supposed, bitten both in the under lip as they were 
feeding together in some long grass. I did not see them 
antil a few hours afterwards, and they were then in the most 
pitiable condition. The submaxillary, parotid, and all glands 
situated about the head and down the neck became greatly 
mlarged, disfiguring the poor animals dreadfully. From 
heir nostrils and swollen gums a clear mucous discharge ran 
lown. Their eyes were glairy, pupils greatly dilated, coats 
ough and staring; they would not look at their corn, and 
vere so submissive that you could do anything with them 
fou liked. They were at the time in the best condition, but 
me of them had evidently received a much stronger dose of 
he poison than the other. I gave each of them half a pint 
f whiskey with a little water, and half an ounce of ammonia. 
kept the wounds fomented with a strong infusion of tobacco, 
nid poulticed them with the chopped leaves of the same. I 
ected that one horse would certainly have died, but both 
e ee One, although reduced in flesh and thrown out 
f condition, was fit for work in a week ; but the other only 
us escaped with his life. He became a sala skeleton, and 
fould have been abandoned had I not wished to see the 
