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Tues. Mr Bullard of Matagordos Leaving Ft. Patrico - Los Pintas runs int C.C. Bay 5 or 6 miles S of Grayson - Betwen Ft. Patrico & Pintas is a ? of water holes - grassy country - Mosquitos grass - St. Fernandes is not a stream - but water holes - Ft ? a Stream with much Timber & Mesquite ? abounds - Then to Los Olmos - poor country Sandy 'Chaparal' strong bushes - Next Timber met with is called the 'owls roosts" Scrub oaks? & Salt likes The large Salt likes 10 or 15 miles to E of road & not as plains as on Map above - No water but in holes - 'Encinal' here is water enough a long ridge of about 6 to 8 miles with nothing much 'Scrub oak' - This is called the dividing ridge between the Nauces & Rio Grande running from the Mountains to the Coast - Then a land of Prairie on ? to Camago - From 'Encinal' in rd to Cimago to the Wells is heavy Sandy prairies - then you come to the Hills 50 ft on Edge of 'bottom' of Rio Grande - which bottom is 30 miles wide - On the 11 day of R.G is rolling, Woody land - cattle scarce now - plenty of Mustangs - near Rio Grande description.