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Longitude of this camp, 18 observations, east and west stars, 
* October 8.—Camp 69:—The valley of the Del Norte, aswe advance, — 
. loses what little capacityfor agriculture it possessed. The rive 
commences to gather its feeble force into the smallest compass to — 
work its way around the western base of Fra Cristobal mountam. 
The Chihuahua road runs on the eastern side, and that part of it > 
* vegetation, all totally different from that of the United States. To- 
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_- The table lands, reaching to the base of the mountains to the 
west, are of sand and large, round pebbles, terminating in_ steep 
classify them. 
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_ seams of basalt. Some curious specimens of soft sand stone were 
~ Seen to day, of all shapes and forms, from a batch of rolls to@ 
5 boned ‘turkey. sles 
# mits/by basalt, ngperleyed by sand stone. . 
ee I shot two or three quails, (ortiz squamosa?) differing from ne 
» iv their plumage, but entirely similar to them in their habits. : 
__ also killed a hawk resembling, in all respects, our sparrow-hawty 
_ sexcept in the plumage, which, like the quail, was that of the Jand- 
- -seape, lead colored® eee ee 
_ Game in New Mexico is almost extinct, if it ever existed to @0y 
extent. To-day we saw afew black tailed rabbits, and last Bight — 
Stanly killed a common Virginia deer, ; ee es 
Three distinct ranges of mountains, on the west side of the rively 
. are in view to-day, running apparently northwest and nearly par- | 
allel to each other. The lesser range coinwences at Secoro; the, ! 
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