60 IRRIGATION OF THE SOIL. 
For the greater part of the distance from Rio Puerco to this place, the soil appears to be good; 
but little cultivated for want of moisture. The small stream of San José can supply acequias 
for irrigating only a portion of the wide valley which pertains to it. By common wells enough 
water might be obtained for the ordinary uses of a population. The country seems also favorable 
for the construction of artesian wells. If, by this means, sufficient water for irrigation could be 
procured, many fine valleys would be placed under cultivation. ` 
The night is clear, Astronomical observations have been made. 
