PLATE 7. 



A Thirst Tragedy. One of two bodies found witlnin half a mile from 



water. Perished less than two days after leaving camp. 



customed lines of travel and over the general area of said desert lands, 

 containing information and directions as to the location and nature 

 of said springs, streams and water-holes, to the end that the same 

 may be more readily traced and found; also to provide convenient 

 and ready means, apparatus and appliances by which water may be 

 brought to the earth's surface at said water-holes for the use of such 

 persons; also to prepare and distribute suitable maps, reports and 

 general information relative to said springs and water-holes and their 

 specific location." 



The work thus commenced, no doubt, will result in a not distant 

 future, in the placing of guides to every source of water in these great 

 deserts and perhaps in the discovery and development of additional 

 water supplies. 



Mr. Parsons has served as Chairman of the Committees of 

 Mines and Mining and of Transportation, of the Los Angeles 

 Chamber of Commerce, and he is now, and he has been for many 

 years a Director of this Academy of Sciences. 



He has lately published an illustrated pamphlet entitled "A 

 Thousand Mile Desert Trip and Story of the Desert Sign Post," in 

 which he gives a graphic and interesting history of the inception and 



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