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settlers— old and new 



IT IS SOMETIMES SAID THAT IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA THE DOGS 



have no fleas. This is certainly an exaggeration though they 

 do seem to have very few. Odd, you may say, because fleas 

 are supposed to require nothing for their happiness except 

 the dog himself. Yet here is a creature who has never 

 really learned how to Hve well in the desert. Perhaps the 

 dryness of the air is too much for him. 



On the other hand, the law of compensation works for 

 dogs too, and they are subject to a local annoyance. Dur- 

 ing the summer months all those near Tucson spend half 



