VIEW FROM THE BURRO MOUNTAINS. 33 
stant from us. Due east of us lay the range we had left, 
th Cooke’s Peak rising nobly from its centre, and the exit of 
ir pass (Palmer’s Pass) distinctly visible. Still following the 
rcle towards the north, the confused mass of the Miembres 
ountains came into view; then those of the Santa Rita and 
nos Altos, semi-detached portions of the same. Quite to 
2 north, twenty or thirty miles distant, some very high 
ow-capped mountains were conspicuous, forming part of 
at great system of mountains—the Mogollon Ranges, north 
the Rio Gila, the home of the blood-thirsty Apache—which 
never yet been explored. 
The summit upon which we stood was, in fact, the dividing 
lge of the North American continent ; the little water-course 
our feet was the first we had reached which flowed down 
slopes leading to the Pacific; and the broad arid plains 
rich lay between us and our next obstacle to the westward 
ve a most extensive forecast of our future course. Nearly 
tty miles of almost complete desert, with little chance of a 
op of water, formed the undulating plain between us and 
e Peloncello Mountains. To the south-east a secondary 
n ge, called from its conical peaks the Pyramid Range, filled 
) a part of the centre of this vast tract. Our field of vision 
d not even end with the Peloncello Mountains, for Juan 
rolles, our guide, pointed out in the dim horizon, far beyond 
em, the rounded peak of Mount Graham, and the two sharp 
2 uds of the Dos Cabezas, the most prominent landmarks in | 
» Pina-lefio Range, and the boundaries on each side of Rail- 
fid Pass. These ranges all lay far below us ; they evidently 
die from a much lower level, and seemed ‘“ show, even to 
eye, that the ground sloped rapidly down towards the west. 
extensive a panorama as that which I have attempted, 
yever feebly, to describe, could never be witnessed in 
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