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CONTENTS

• Preface ix
• The Land of Little Rain 1
• Water Trails of the Ceriso 13
• The Scavengers 24
• The Pocket Hunter 32
• Shoshone Land 43
• Jimville—A Bret Harte Town 54
• My Neighbor's Field 64
• The Mesa Trail 73
• The Basket Maker 83
• The Streets of the Mountains 93
• Water Borders 104
• Other Water Borders 115
• Nurslings of the Sky 126
• The Little Town of the Grape Vines 137