The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

EHOW THEY MAKEI WHISKEY.
to a civilized counthry once more, the divil shouldn't kape
him from returnin' to ould Ireland by the first stamer," to
which remark the doctor responded, "Well, Jimmy; if we lose the wheels again, you'll have
to pack it, I'm afraid!"
The next morning found us once more on the road. We
travelled all day without seeing any object worthy of note,
and just at night came to a distilling camp, near which we
pitched our own.
Here a party of Mexicans and Papago Indians were engaged in distilling mescal, the native whiskey of Arizona.
The maguey, or Mexican aloe, grows in great abundance
here, and many come to this vicinity for the purpose of
gathering it.
A large pit is first dug, and partially filled with stonies;
upon these a fire is built, and kept up until the stones are
heated red-hot; then the roots of the maguey which have
been gathered, each consisting of a bulb about as large as
one's head, are placed upon the stones, and covered with
blankets, where they are kept until perfectly soft. Next
they are placed in large bags, made of rawhide, andl
stretched on poles, into which a man climbs, and by trampling upon them, presses out the juice, which runs through
small holes in the bottom of the bag, and is caught in pails.
This juice is then allowed to ferment, when a liquor is
obtained, that, I believe, from Jimmy's appearance when
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