by,
he patiently awaits developments. When the prairie dog comes out of
his hole to take an airing he immediately sees his reflection in the
glass and takes it for an intruder. In an instant he is ready for a
fight and pounces upon his supposed enemy to kill or drive him away.
While the prairie dog is thus engaged wrestling with his shadow or
reflection the hunter shoots him at close range with his bow and
arrow--never with a gun, for if wounded by a bullet he is sure to drop
into his hole and is lost, but the arrow transfixes his body and
prevents him from getting away. He has been hunted so much in the
Navajo country that he has become very scarce.[1]

Much of the ranch country in southern Arizona is destitute of trees,
and shade, therefore, is scarce. Upon the high mountains and plateaus
of northern Arizona there are great forests of pine and plenty of
shade. But few cattle range there in comparison to the large numbers
that graze on the lower levels further south. What little tree growth
there is on the desert is stunted and supplies but scant shade. In the
canons some large cottonwood, sycamore and walnut trees can be found;
upon the foot hills the live oak and still higher up the mountain the
pine. Cattle always seek the shade and if there are no trees they will
lie down in the shade of a bush or anything that casts a shadow. The
cattle are so eager for shade that if they can find nothing better they
will crowd into the narrow ribbon of shade that is cast by a columnar
cactus or telegraph pole and seem to be satisfied with ever so little
if only shade is touched.

Twenty years ago before there were many cattle on the southwestern
range, the gramma grass stood knee high everywhere all over that
country and seemed to be an inexhaustible supply of feed for an
unlimited number of cattle during an indefinite term of years. It was
not many years, however, after the large herds were turned loose on the
range until the grass was all gone and the ground, except in a few
favored spots, left nearly as bare of grass as the traveled road. At
the present time whatever grass there is must grow each year which,
even in a favorable year, is never heavy. If the summer rains fail, no
grass whatever can grow and the cattle are without feed. The grass
about the springs and water holes is first to disappear and then the
cattle must go farther and farther from water to find any grass. When
cattle are compelled to travel