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out of the plains. To the west are the 
Sierra Madres, covered with snow on the 
highest peaks, making some of the most 
beautiful views I have.ever seen as pre¬ 
sented from different points along the 
river’s course. One of them, Pacheco 
Peak, in the Boca Grande range (named 
after the Mexican Minister of the Inte¬ 
rior), is shown in the illustration. Slight 
spurs and mesa lands extend from the 
sierras in the valleys and often reach the 
river bank, thereby forcing the road over 
them, but affording a foundation that any 
macadamized highway in our own coun¬ 
try might emulate. Some of these 
ridges were ornamented with groupings 
of cactus (of the oquetilla variety), if 
their presence can be called an orna¬ 
ment. Imagine a dozen fishing rods, 
from ten to fifteen feet in length, all 
