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- October 1.—To-day, for the first time for six days, I was able’ 
, infusing the same tint over the land- 
crossed to Tomé, in search of some 
non-complying guides. We recrossed at Tomé, and measured the) 
section of the river. Accordingly, we found the Rio Grande del. 
‘Norte, many hundred miles from its source, e | 
30 yards wide. 
This section is about the same as at San Felippe and Santo Do- 
mingo. If to it we add the section of a stream of water carried 
_ off by two large zequias, each nine feet by two, we.shall have 
Ra estimate of the volume of water discharged by this famous) 
Tiver, for 150 miles, through the most populous and fertile part of 
- its valley. ¥ ve 
“Below Tomé, for a few miles, the valley widens, the-soil im) 
proves, and the cultivation is superior to any other art, particu-! 
larly that of the rancherias around the pleasant little village of 
a elen. } . te / i 
- October 8 morning we passed the Getty church in the, 
village of Sabinal, after which the settlements became very few! 
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camped opposite La Lloya, at the bend, 
where the low sand hills on either side seen. 
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us to we watchful of our animals, that fot! 
t night. -The incursions of 
ement and cultivation of this. 
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