The Mystic Mid-RegionIntroductory materialReading editionChapter navigation20 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialTHE MYSTIC MID-REGION CHAPTER I THE DESERTChapter II · THE LAND OF THIRSTChapter III · CURIOUS PLANTS WHICH LIVE IN THE DESERTChapter IV · STRANGE DWELLERS OF THE DESERTChapter V · HUMANITY IN THE DESERTChapter VI · A FUNERAL IN THE REGION OF DEATHChapter VII · DESERT BASKET-MAKERSChapter VIII · SHIPS OF THE DESERTChapter IX · THE STORY OF A STREAK OF YELLOWChapter X · DESERT BORAX MINESChapter XI · OTHER MINERALS FOUND IN THE DESERTChapter XII · A REMARKABLE HARVEST-FIELDChapter XIII · DEATH VALLEYChapter XIV · THE MOUTH OF HADESChapter XV · DESERT MISCELLANY—UNUSUAL AND PECULIAR FEATURESChapter XVI · JOURNALISM BELOW SEA-LEVELChapter XVII · THE END OF THE DESERTINDEXPrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →THE MYSTIC MID-REGION CHAPTER I THE DESERTAll chapters and sections (20)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialChapters1234567891011121314151617Other sectionsINDEX* From photographs reproduced by permission of C. C. Pierce & Co.◇← Front matterTHE MYSTIC MID-REGION CHAPTER I THE DESERT →