The water was so hot, though showing no sign of it, that it was quite undrinkable--a very hot spring.
In the alkali district on the Pecos River the dust raised at a round-up is so dense that the herd cannot even be seen at 200 yards distance.
This dust is most irritating to the eyes; and many of the men, including myself, were sometimes so badly affected that they had to stop work for weeks at a time.
In circuses and Wild-West shows one frequently sees cowgirls on the bill.

Of course, on actual work on the range there is no such thing as a cowgirl.

At least I never saw one..