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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' - outrs 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 ^ argus & volin fesens are common or these low alluscal lands - It may be remarked the the ^ agua le are met with ^a contraited but in the woods or 'bottoms' the often Pras seen to be healthy - but then it is ?ethes too both for European labour. ^Mdi of the line referred to, y 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