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July 19. eile the usual road along the river, we travelled about 
three faites in the forenoon, and but two in : the afternoon. > ‘The caravan 
picturesque in the desert around us. The Indian pueblo 
brought some apples to our ce small and sour; but having f lasted 
for a long time, we relished t 
, July 20.—After having ‘idiedt with some difficulty a chain of said 1 hills, 
we reached a fine: grove of cotton trees, called bosque, or alamos de Pinos, 
and halted there, (five miles.) It is about one mile from the river, and 
quite a fine camp. The shade of the trees was the more welcome as 
thermometer in the few last days stood very high, generally about 95° Fah., 
in the afternoon. In the evening wé went but two miles, to the hutientia 
of Mariano Chavez's widow. ‘This. hacienda is the largest we have yet 
seen. It embraces a ree tract Aid land , with iva tig and an-extensive 
1S ly 21.—About one mile from Chee on the 1 soa ‘Tes Ontero’s s haci- 
enda, or Peralta. He is another of the rich bility of New Mexico. 
His land is also very extensive, well cultivated and fenced in with aictee 
He raises a great deal of maize and wheat, and owns a stock. We 
passed in the morning through Valencia, and ‘having travelled about six 
miles, soil and road getting better, we halted at noon about one mile from 
thesiver, near a pond. In the afternoon we passed along-stretched town, 
Tomé, with extensive and remarkably fine maize and wheat gp well 
irrigated, but not fenced in except by a ditch. Caimped at th rt 
end of the town, about three miles from our noon camp. 
July 22.—Made five miles in the morning, and halted at noon on a sandy 
hill, with .95° Fah. in the shade. Our night camp was in Casas on 
(six miles,) a town near the river, and with high sand hills. 
with tolerable € gTass. hae Md us, on the right bank of the river; rises a 
never lost sight of eicttan riavaiiel with the river in a southern direction... 
he mountains on both sides are too far for me to examine them; but to 
Judge from their form, they are ‘granitic and basaltic. On the e river bank 
no rock is to be seen. Made. in- ‘the paige: 1d oat three 1 
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passed in the afternoon Joyita, a small town, and caiipad two miles Be. 
yond (four miles,) on the river. Near Joyita, pciainel bluffs reached 
