Water Resource Development and Management

that they should be carefully appraised in order that they be fully utilized and appreciated. While we were hammering and sawing the old stable into a usable homestead, we investigated every coulee and covert, every thicket and thatch. By compass and pace we mapped the boundaries, sketched in the topography and vegetation, and made notes on the distribution of soil and the occurrence of water. We counted the various kinds of birds and found