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two sentences crossed out Say a straight line drawn from Belgrade on the Sabine towards Swartwout on the Trinity River - through Montgomery County to Columbus on the Colorado river & its 'Bottoms' - outsest? this line or towards the coast cannot be recommended to European Emigrants^& the Agricultural class - 1st the produce is of a tropical character such as cotton, sugar, tobacco &c suited lathe? to negro labour. 2nd - Intermittent ^ agues & voline? fevers are common or these low alluvial lands - It may be remarked the the ^ agues &c are met with ^a contraited? but in the woods or 'bottoms' the open Prairies seem to be healthy - but then it is either too hot for European labour. ^Mdi? of the line referred to, viz the Cherokee lands, Red River, then above Austin, down to San Antonio ^& the west, are excellent for grazing cattle^ & sheep & wheat growing - sentence crossed out