The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03

IN he nauidian Rockies efe:: Published
~ edkrEes seFibaer's sons, New. YORK. PRICE
T-.VEFSY .friel..ds Of nature. avery lover
: Of wild scenery. every deY6tee 10
gtln' anal. rife is delighted when
ever .Dr> .Ifornaday. appears in
pr-ut@ HOW surprised <and pleased we
were when his FIRST beck. appeared,
..Tfrd~ Eearss in. the. Jungle with Knife
ana r ae His style was not so good
then as * rs n0Fr5 but: the book was
tu3l. q i1ras.e incident, al times roughly
told. but. always -vigorsusly and often
seasoned 10 ones mental palate with
the spice es. Keen; and. genial .humor.
FroD. tie 5lngiss OF British India
and fhe tropical forests OF Borneo 10
TIE SQpOran desert region OF Mexico
and Arizona IS: a. far cry. both as 10
distance and conditions: but in his last
book we md DR.. Horhaday as full
u yCgtI flll .enthusiasrls As when a lad
he shot Sigers with a Spencer carbine.
p. DR. Eofnedsy, director OF the Zoolog-
Heal park IN the Bronx. New York city,
after hunting the Rocky mountain big
horn 10 ftE Highest northern habitat in
British Columbia. now sought its south
ern limit ia the Pinacate mountains. a
Tnen- Eie was accompanied By three
scientific men and three. cowboys as
cook snd scouts, and says OF them,
'.- Naturally the animal and plant life
cf the Pinacate region was as much
unknown as its geography; hence our
combination of .bOtanist Zoologist,
sportsman and geographer. In any
wild country that is a good hand TO
. draw 10 and wl1h the three jolly good
Fellows whose company I shared.
could enjoy exploring any country this
side of the StyL Indeed ] would take
ny chances with them beyond it
OF desert travel he says:
no man should make the mistake OF
exploring e desert in hot weather. .
A hard season always begets preju6ices
IN the mins OF the observer. Don't
visit any desert under the handicap OF
indian guides They are enough TO
depress the spirits OF barometer; aEd
some OF. them VIII abandon you IN the
wil6s- Go with from one 70 six good
white men with red blood in their
veins. OF postpone the event"
Every friend OF animals will accept
Dr- Hornadsxis description o< the true
sportsman:
An ideal hunting trip consists OF q
good comrs6s, hne country and q very
Few trophies per hunter. The best
hunter Is the man who finds the most,
kills the least and leaves behind no
wounded snimaIs.s .. 4. game butch
er or e market hunter IS an undesirable
citizen and should be treated as such"
Speaking OF the southernmost coun-
Try IN which they found big horns, the
author says:
Aside from hot volcanic debris I
think 4 impossible to imagine any spot
on terra Hrna that 3s. more inhos-
pttable, forbidding. and terrible than
those steep mountains Of cruel red
lava garnished with .Bigelow's &C
mated by the Gnearthfy and neither
world character OF our, surroundings.
Dore would have reveled il this scowl-
ing -contorted. wholly blasted spot. "a
No. photograph can eyer convey 70 the
mind OF ore wfo has never seen the
ike an adequate conception OF the
savage grandeur and the scowling ter
rors OF me scene. - II IS az un-
cannys country. filed with weird aud
awful things"
This home OF horrors lies on the Mex
lean side OF the boundary lire. The
American side is very differently de-
Ecribed
In November says Dr. Hornaday,
southern Arizona is fascinating, no
less The boEndless space. the glorious
sunshine, the balmy air, the clearness
or the face. OF nature. the absence Of
dust, Nth, waste paper. polluted
streams, dirty humanity, and many
other things that wear On life in a
great city. strongly appeal 10 me. The
countries that viii grow corn and
wheat and hogs IN great abundance per
acre are not the only lands worth
knowing. Consider Arizona Certainly
q Is a land OF health, and II ever !
am called upon TO die IN the east, /
shall 20 there and dive"
The book is profusely illustrated
EE5bh photographs OF great excellence
and Rumerous artisticslly colored
plates II Is well worth reading