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The desert

Chapter 21: Transcriber’s Notes
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About This Book

This work surveys the arid landscapes of the American Southwest, blending travel observation, natural history, and aesthetic reflection. The author describes mountain ranges, mesas, dunes, basins and ancient sea-beds; explains wind, erosion, floods, and geological processes that shape the terrain; notes desert plants and animals and their adaptations; records optical effects of light, mirage, color, and the feeling evoked by vast emptiness; and laments human encroachment and its role in creating and degrading desert environments. Chapters alternate between close description, geological explanation, and personal impressions of beauty in a seemingly inhospitable region.

Transcriber’s Notes

Sidenotes have been moved to the beginning of the corresponding paragraph.

Footnotes have been moved to the end of the chapter.

Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources. Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.

The following corrections have been applied to the text:

PageSourceCorrection
viii ... show itself, Yes; ... ... show itself. Yes; ...
40 ... that a wildcat can walk ... ... that a wild-cat can walk ...
54 ... and the wildcat do not ... ... and the wild-cat do not ...
54 ... look weary-like ... ... look weary—like ...
92 Sunshafts through canyons. Sun-shafts through canyons.
92 ... golden sunshafts shot through ... ... golden sun-shafts shot through ...
100 ... the yellow sunshafts that, ... ... the yellow sun-shafts that, ...
154 ... sheep be browses ... ... sheep he browses ...
181 ...  high as twentyfive thousand ... ...  high as twenty-five thousand ...