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D the locality for the works had been badly chosen, so that during a rise in the river not many weeks since, the waters broke in upon the establishment & I now saw it in a ruinous condition carrying away a Back mill, & Tarpits. It is very questionable if this spot be adapted to this operation. In the first place little can be said as to the salubrity of it & secondly there is not a sufficient supply of cattle & hogs so as to make it profitable. With good apparatus, persons who understood the management of it & placed on some part of the Western shores of Texas, where cattle could be well raised I do not see what is to prevent the success of such as undertaking. 28th. Leaving Liberty & passing the plantation of the Van Predelles (on the last bluff on the river) at 4 PM arrived at the mouth of the Old river, here is a ferry & road to Houston. The land is low and swampy & said to be good for the culture of rice

 A mile or so from Old river is the Mouth of Trinity river, which empties itself into a large basin, all round this basin there are large collections of

208 ___________________________________ X I am informed that the British Government has entered into very large contracts with parties in Ireland to supply beef & pork at 2d per lb