ar as convenient, and bury it in
the ground for use on the return trip.

"Captain Sturt, when he explored Australia, took a tank in his cart,
which burst, and, besides that, he carried casks of water. By these he
was enabled to face a desert country with a success which no traveler
had ever attained to. For instance, when returning homeward, the water
was found to be drying up from the country on all sides of him. He was
at a pool, and the next stage was 118 miles, at the end of which it was
doubtful if there remained any water. It was necessary to send to
reconnoitre, and to furnish the messenger with means of returning
should the pool be found dry. He killed a bullock, skinned it, and,
filling the skin with water (which held 150 gallons), sent it by an ox
dray 30 miles, with orders to bury it and to return. Shortly after he
dispatched a light one-horse cart, carrying 36 gallons of water; the
horse and man were to drink at the hide and go on. Thus they had 36
gallons to supply them for a journey of 176 miles, or six days at 30
miles a day, at the close of which they would return to the ox
hide--sleeping, in fact, five nights on 36 gallons of water. This a
hardy, well-driven horse could do, even in the hottest climate."[2]

[2] F. Galton's _Art of Travel_, p. 17 and 18.

JOURNADAS.

In some localities 50 or 60 miles, and even greater distances, are
frequently traversed without water; these long stretches are called by
the Mexicans "_journadas_," or day's journeys. There is one in New
Mexico called _Journada del Muerto_, which is 78-1/2 miles in length,
where, in a dry season, there is not a drop of water; yet, with proper
care, this drive can be made with ox or mule teams, and without loss or
injury to the animals.

On arriving at the last camping-ground before entering upon the
journada, all the animals should be as well rested and refreshed as
possible. To insure this, they must be turned out upon the best grass
that can be found, and allowed to eat and drink as much as they desire
during the entire halt. Should the weather be very warm, and the teams
composed of oxen, the march should not be resumed until it begins to
cool in the afternoon. They should be carefully watered just previous
to being hitched up and started out upon the journada, the water-kegs
having been previously filled. The drive is then commenced, and
continued during the entire night, with 10 or 15 minutes rest every two
hours. About d