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changed a [mein?] that I
scarcely recognize her. The
temperature has sent the
mercury up to 90" quite
frequently of late and I
apprehend that very hot
weather must soon follow.
Several varieties of the cochis
family are now in bl...
and the other thorny and
prickly plants for almost
every plant that grows in this
desert land has a "pricker" on
it, or has a sharp pa..
and so is one itself--are
beginning to show signs of
life, though I can't see how
they can, growing, as many
of them do, of the dry
hills on which no rain has
fallen for many months and
on which the sun has been