Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-12


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Aorth, south and eastward. 1t is covered
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IN infinite variety of the cactus. Small
game ID abundant, such as quail, snipe,
and . long. cared rabbit, which bears the
poetical name of Jsckass rabbit. A half
hours hunt by one of our party-consist-
ing of five persons-supplied US with
meat enough for the entire day. We no.
ticed that the sonora and her "old man
Of the sea" had more than they could eat
out of the result of the. hunt. Their
.neighbors soon discovered that thera was
. surplus of food in that quarter, and
they clustered around the meat like blue
bottle flies upon shoulder of mutton in
a country butchers stall. The sonora
had her "compadre," her "amigos," her
the Lord knows whst-who all, like
the beggars in holy writ, fed upon the
fragments that-instead Of falling from
were left upon the table. What q
country! The traveller has to supply him
self and the community with provisions,
sloep out Of doors, and for the privilege
of doing SO pay just as much as he would
have to do for regular board at q first
class hotel 10 highly civilized land. 1t
is somewhat upon the principle Of work.
ing ones passage by pulling at the line
on the tow path of canal.
After delay of two days in this un-
interesting place, where the only live.i-
ness perceptible was that manifested BY
the fess, We commenced preparations for
our journey. We had engaged the requi-
site number of mules, and had them
brought to US the previous afternoon, to
make sure of them, and at an early hour
In the morning our Mexican "morzos de
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES packing
our baggage upon the mules, which in q
feat demanding large amount of inee-
nuity on the part Of the muleteers. As q
preliminary operation they bandage the
eyes of the mule they are to pack, 90 that
he cannot keep an accurate account of
tho number of boxes, trunks and pack
ages they may fasten upon him. Then
they place large saddle. cloth. generally
made Of corn husks of wild grass, upon
hiA back, to keep the load from chahng
itvthen the heavy, cumbersome pack
saddle; then one of them holds trunk
or package against his side and on level
Of the top of his back, while another does
tho same on the other side, and third
places another package on the top of the
two trunks. A long strip of raw hide 10
thrown over the packages and passed
under the mules belly, and by continu-
Gus windings in this way, accompanied
with vigorous pulling and energetic
swearing, the load IL securely fastened to
the animal, who acknowledged from time
to time his appreciation of the tighten
ing thong by sn expressive grunt, and
radon kick, which latter, owing to his
baedagcd eyes, vas simless, snd conse-
quentiy nobody was hurt. Daring this
lacing operation the mules stomach was
compressed into abost one-half Of it.
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lhsseaed be was led to and fro for min
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