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& General Wavell late of the Mexican Army when he crossed there was only 5 inches depth at ford - Alligators & Alligator gars jumping about - Found two long ?lenks of cottonwood at the crossing - rigged up a raft & got our traps over - camped - We have been out of Meat for some days - Venison into Farky [sic - jerky?] & water - Today as a treat we have a few spoonful of rice - hog & hominy, Venison only & water are far from inducing poetry - but as Seneca says "It may be all for the best" -

  Just after our meal, having eaten all our food two turkies came within a few yards of us - crack went the rifles - down went the turkeys.  thus we have

written sideways: saw a Blanca 12 miles up river, 2 miles from it on a ck on the side