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125 removing the intermediate trees. I must own that the Texan forest roads would be better for sundry stumps taken away & Macadamized. but the roads or tracks on the Prairie in dry weather are excellent. A friend of mine went the other day from Houston to Austin, then on to St Antonio & to the Nueces & from there to Galveston in a Buggy. Indeed with few exceptions the greater portion of the country can be traveled in pretty direct lines by Waggons and karts or how ? the settlers move onwards -

  I have considered it a duty on my part to have made the above observations relative to Mr. M. view of things in Texas - And in conclusion will add that we must [crossed out: have] seen through a different medium.  (If request Review Mr. Maillards Book)
faded writing, barely legible (See Warfields? on the Tales of California? part II. 17th ? - ? )