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.

MO UNTAIN SHEEP.
slheep, as, standing upon the point of some projecting rock
far above us, he watched our movements with curious eyes,
ready at the first signl of a hostile demonstration to seek
safety by precipitating himself upon the jagged rocks
below, or by leaping to some neighboring crag, where he
might find a friendly retreat at a safe distance from his
pursuers, leaving only the tip of his huge horns to guide
the daring hunter to his place of concealment.
After admiring the beautiful view that met our gaze on
every hand, we renewed our journey, and in a short time
were knocking loudly at the gates of the overland mailstation for admittance. The keeper warmly welcomed us,
and our tired, jaded mules soon found themselves feeding
upon the rich grama, which grew so luxuriantly in the open
space around the station.
The corral is built beside a huge granite boulder, a
bollow portion of which forms a part of the station itself,
xiud is nearly, if not quite, six thousand feet above the
level of the sea, and with its high stone walls and formidable wooden gates it resembles a fortress far more strongly
than it does a dwellin-g-house.
The hospitable occupants of the station set before us a
most palatable dinner of frejolies and pancakes, and in the
keen satisfaction derived therefrom we forgot the tedious
and dangerous ride of twenty miles, which we had just
mnade from the San Cimon. Dinner dispatched, we ac
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