CACTUS AND MEXICANS They now came upon bare, wind-swept plains, which alternated with blazing heat and bitter cold.

Once they nearly perished in a Norther, which drove down upon them with sheets of hail.

Fortunately their serapes were very thick and large, and they found additional shelter among some ragged and mournful yucca trees.

But they were much shaken by the experience, and they rested an entire day by the banks of a shallow little brook.
"Oh, for a horse, two horses!" said Obed.

"I'd give all our castles in Spain for two noble Barbary steeds to take us swiftly o'er the plain." "I think we'll keep on walking," said Ned.
"At any rate, we're good walkers.