CHAPTER III. 
SONORA-ALONG THE SONORA RAILWAY- 
HERMOSILLO-GUAYMAS, AND ITS BEAU¬ 
TIFUL HARBOR—FISHING AND HUNTING 
ABOUT GUAYMAS. 
FJ'ROM Deming, N. M., it is but a five 
or six hours’ ride by rail to Benson in 
Arizona, the initial point of the Sonora 
railway, a branch of the Atchison, To¬ 
peka, and Santa Fe, and extending to 
the seaport of Guaymas in Mexico. The 
ride from Benson consumes two days, 
and the route is through the mountains, 
down the lovely, fertile valleys, and 
across the flat, tropical country of the 
seacoast. It is a ride of great novelty 
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