CHAPTER I
Preparations for the Start--Our Dry Goods Relished by the Cattle--I Become a "Compadre"--Beautiful Northern Sonora--Mexican Muleteers Preferable in Their Own Country--Apache Stories--Signs of Ancient Inhabitants--Arrival at Upper Yaqui River--Opata Indians now Mexicanised--A Flourishing Medical Practice--Mexican Manners--Rock-carvings--How Certain Cacti Propagate, Pages 1-16