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owing to late Storms - Bayou nearly Swimming - Crossed Pt. Bernard - inland large mass of water - 2 PM got to Quintana - crossed to Velasco - Current running out of Brazos 3 miles - Stormy Norther (dry! all day - From Velasco through the Peninsula to Pt Luis - there are two bayous -
Sometimes in ? - And along here great quantities of Shells - banks of them - Oyster, Clams, conch &c &c - near Pt Luis the Sand hills are higher than on any other part of this coast - Tide very low thus I had an opportunity of seeing the Stratum under the Sand of the beach - Which is a plastic sandy stuff - On this the oyster beds are - The Sand hills form a barrier against the