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Friday May 20. 11 am. Left Galveston in Co. with Mess. P. & M. 15 miles brought us about of the 'Three trees'. The first is a clump of ?in - the two others are singles ones. 15 miles brought us to the Pass. Ferried across to the island. St Luis - rather depopulated - [unclear] [unclear] ferry to the main 12 miles to [unclear] put up for the night - here there was an attack upon a Mission Fort- which was taken Mr M was one of the [Stony?] party. Saturday 21 8 am. Ferried across the Brazor to Quintana. This appears to be a flourishing county. [Live?] oak is cutting up the River for the English [Gov?]. River has deep water, continuing along the coast come to the River Bernard [div?] [9?] miles . Here is a bad bar to 20 great width of River. It is now for the first time a pebble or so is seem & a little alluvial rocks on the banks - To here& further on the Coast is of sand - very few shells - & large quantities of drift wood which forms a sort of barrier for the sand that is blown up by the S. & S.E. winds & this extends to[unclear[ lengths to the Coast. It is moreover very evident that these [?] & S.E winds blow up from the very [shaken?] shores of the Gulf Mexico much sand to this [unclear] shores may be sand to be [forming?] daily - the [unclear] [unclear] with a small quantity of seaweed and such plants that liken a [unclear] soil form in terms habitable soils for man. In my travels I know of no coast that is forming so easily as this - the shores [unclear] faster but they are rather aged [unclear] on a sandy & [unclear] soil, but where there is an [unclear] [unclear], then the pastures get