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when the climate & soil is similar they raise Wheat, Cotton, Potatoes, Tobacco, Corn, Oats, Rye &c &c - In the county of Dallas we found some cornfields in a very flourishing condition, prospects of good crops slatteray?.

 Of the climate we believe to be the finest in the world we will only say that the nights throughout the year are

miserably cold. That we presume push west 4 to 6 days without salt & that persons who go out to this country in the heat of summer do not become sick but on the contrary those who start so ^are invariably restored.

 Although this country is in or near that latitude of Natchez Mississippi the great altitude of the country

renders it healthy & the? an Salubrious.

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 Memorandum of a trip down Trinity River in a canoe ^ or dugout in May 1843. Wednesday 10th left Dallas at 4 PM. 

Passed ?enith? of White Rock & camped at upper end of Trinity Bluff say 12 miles - Thursday 11th open run to raft 16 miles 3/4 miles long fall of 8 feet,

 In the bottoms water swift among the trees & braks? leading the navigation extremely dangerous. 3 miles below fell into

Middle Slough, which was narrow deep & rased but gradually ?ed? in depth passed 8 small rafts no one exceeding 50 yds in length Slough supposed to contain a volume equal to ? of the river made say 40 miles. Friday 12th. passed 4 small rafts slough of river on left at 10 miles & another on right at 15 miles both or each of these supposed to contain a greater volume of water than the one we are packing? Bluff just below last slough on right bank passed Bois D'Arc 10 miles below on left, open but crooked river low ground & subject to inundation ^ on both sides. Camped on low Bluff at 50 miles on right bank -