yards, I could not seem to get on. On my return in the carts at Tiffuni I was very much impressed with the road because of my poor starting. The boys had seen a mule some time after they started out. Tiffuni was at the well of the 5 mile after great plain and we camped mid way in the plain with five or six children with me cart who were tramping across the desert. These "carriers" were rather fortunate not having a horse for usually they carry their own things on the end of a pole or pull an wheel barrow. They go to work at the gold mines on the Silverton frontier, what a life it spend day after day across the desert working in which not pursuing the long miles ahead of them. As they are all they can only lie down on the too plain with no tent or shelter to protect them from the wind or sun or rain. It is a wonderful commentator on the persistence of this class of men. Their happiness that for few minutes each day will take this long march. We make camp at Tiffuni after together when we started the 2nd day from Unga. Set out a long line of