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New Mexico, and who had trapped on the Gila and passed in a 
‘different direction over that country, was decidedly of this opinion,| 
but his knowledge, on the othexhand, was sufficient e. coe to, 
“wie (ex lore ity i in my situation, on account of scarcity of w 
i6 Grande bottome ‘fora hundred miles eh N at the 
point where I left, are well timbered; there~is no timber on thef 
_giable land, save upon the .small mountains which are everywhere 
he seen; this is cedar and pine, but of small growth. Rock is 
~ everywhere to to be had, secondary rocks of almost every kind; but 
“by this wonderfully level route, the continent may be: passed ‘with 
scarcely a view of granite. As far as Tueson the gramma grass is} 
abundant; it will fatten cattle while working, and in winter. The 
_ route from Tueson pauses through a. country abounding in exceed 
 Aingly rich gold min ‘ 
2 Se very respectllly, sir, your obedient. ser: pats : 
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