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D the locality for the works had been badly chosen, so that during a rise in the river not many weeks since, the waters broke in upon the establishment & I now saw it in a ruinous condition carrying away a Back mill, & Tarpits. It is very questionable if this spot be adapted to this operation. In the first place ?at? can be said as to the salubrity of it & secondly there is not a sufficient supply of cattle & hogs so as to make it profitable. With good apparation, persons who understood the management of it spland? on some part of the Western shores of Texas, when cattle could be well raised I do not see what is to prevent the ?n?ss of such as undertaking. 8th. Leaving Liberty & passing the plantation of the Van Predelles (on the last bluff on the river) at 4 PM arrived at the mouth of the Old river, here is a ferry & road to Houston. The land is low and swampy & said to be good for the culture of rice

 A mile or so from Old river is the Mouth of Trinity river, which empties itself into a large basin, all round this basin there are large Mections of

208 ___________________________________ X I am informed that the British Government has entered into very large contracts with parties in Ireland to supply beef & pork at 2d per lb