Excerpt from The Wonders of the Colorado Desert (Southern California), Vol. 1 of 2: Its Rivers and Its Mountains, Its Canyons and Its Springs, Its Life and Its History, Pictured and Described; Including an Account of a Recent Journey Made Down the Overflow of the Colorado River to the Mysterious Salton Sea The Rivers of the Desert The Mountains of the Desert The Volcanoes of the Desert Explorers and Pathfinders The Colorado River Ferry Storms, Mirages, Desert Illusions, and Temperatures The Colors of the Desert Some Wild Animals of the Desert Some Desert Birds Reptiles and Insects of the Desert Plant Life on the Desert The Indians of the Desert. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.