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246 sea shore, the land near high water mark being some 2 or 3 feet higher,- there's no chance to drain this water off etc and as said before it seems to me a fit place for almost any and all kinds of Epedemics- not a drop of water in the whole place fit for a White Man, to drink /or a Dumb beast even,/ we found it very hot siting in the Cars, waiting for them to start- and we dare not leave them, for fear they would start off without us.- Some of the passengers were thoughtfull enough to fill a bottle with water before leaving the steamer, thinking might not find any on shore fit to drink- such of them did not bring water from the steamer- were obliged to drink Wine they bought here on shore- paying 50 cents, a bottle, for it and if you asked for a glass of water, you had to pay 10 cents a glass for it- / and this too, such as was taken from the swamps here,/ I concluded it would be rather a poor place to form a Temperance Society, not a temperance man- /or woman/ in the whole company- most every one had a bottle by then.- On our way to Obispo the Town where the Cars stop, and as far as the Rail Road is finished- we found it very hot & oppressive- Exceedingly so- and most of our passengers found a bottle full, lasted but a short time, so