And then think what you would lose.

The great American desert, as it is absurdly styled, is one of the most interesting regions on earth.

Mrs.Stanley, did you ever hear of the Casas Grandes, the Casas de Montezuma, the ruined cities of New Mexico?
In this so-called desert there was once an immense population.

There was a civilization which rose, flourished, decayed, and disappeared without a historian.

Nothing remains of it but the walls of its fortresses and palaces.