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b«dM of a lar^ nunbor of la^s. About 30 of tbeao are pennaneut while I 
eiuuitined the dry beds of about 40 others large enough to be of In^ortance 
when filled. In addition there were a large number of smaller basins all 
of which will contain water after the start of the suninor rains 
The surface of the mesa has fire brood oponings* containing grassy 
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meadows extending across it that average from half a mile to a mile in breadth 
while the Intejrvening ^rtions are grown with a flno forest of Yellow Pine 
more dense on the southern half of the plateau. The larger lakes lie in the 
broad openings while smaller ones, some only fifty garde across, are found 
in small hollows scattered throufi^ the forest, duakiug aspens ( Populus 
a few oaks ( auerous satoabili ) were noticed. Douglas spruce grows in some 
areas on the mesa and in the canyons that break from the summit on the 
north and west. ■ ' 
This hi^ mesa is used by the Navajo Indiana as a grusing ground 
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for stock, Buosier and winter hogans inhabited by these people were scat- 
terod about over tbo suaiiiiit and tho Inulane thensolvoB were soon daily* X 
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estimated that during the period covered by this work that 6000 s^eep, 360 
the forest* The season hud been dry and the gracing animals had cropped 
tha range olosaly so that tha mauduWb and laita ahorea had only the ahortaat 
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of grass remaining. Because of this lack of feed it was necessary' to liasten 
played out. The sueuaer rains started as we were leaving so that feed would 
(Pinus b raehyptera 1 • This forest is scattered and open at the north and 
fturnw ) form extensive groves at the heads of small slopes and valleys and 
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mors horses and cattle as it was difficult to estimate the nimber found in 
the work as much as praotioable in order to get out before our own stock 
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soon be abundant. 
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