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also saw some Sparrows. As
I knew they would shoid before
I could attune to them I killed
now. As we had no means
to carry water for the horses
we could not have stopped
if we had wished, as they
were all the afternoon and
night and most of the fore-
noon without water as it was.
In this part of the desert
I saw many ground Squirrels
and the common Black-tail
Jack Rabbit and another kind
of Hare I have never seen
elsewhere than in the neigh-
borhood of Tucson. It is known
here as An Antelope Jack
from its resemblance in color
to its Antelope. It is rather
larger than the other kinds