CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. 
Methods pursued in determining the data upon which are based the maps and report of the survey... - 
CHAPTER II. 
| General deseription of the country along the route 
CHAPTER III. 
Of the Indian tribes 
CHAPTER IV. 
Military character of the route 
CHAPTER V. 
Agricultural and mineral resources of the route 
CHAPTER VI. 
Of boring or digging for water on the Llano Estacado 
CHAPTER VII. 
Construction of a railroad along the route, and its estimated cost 
CHAPTER VIII. 
General summary, business of the road, &c 
APPENDIX. 
A.—Diary of the expedition, by J. H. Byrne, assistant computer: 
CHAPTER I. 
From the Rio Grande, at El Paso, to the Pecos, at the thirty-second parallel 
CHAPTER II. 
From the valley of the Pecos to the Sulphur Springs of the Rio Colorado of Texas 
CHAPTER III. 
From the Sulphur Springs of the Colorado to the Clear Fork of the Brazos 
CHAPTER IV. 
From the Clear Fork of the Brazos to the valley of the Red river 
B.— Preliminary report on the natural bistory, by Spencer F. Baird 
C.—Report on the specimens of soils and mineral waters, by Jas. C. Booth 
