676 TRANS-PECOS TEXAS. 



Of other publications of older date, such as D. "Woodman's " Guide to Texas 

 Emigrants;" David R. Edwards's "The Emigrant's, Parmer's, and Politician's 

 Guide," provided with maps, the notes about the country west of the Pecos, 

 even west of the Colorado River, are perfectly worthless, the maps not much 

 better than fictions. 



The life and adventures of L D. Lafferty, by A. H. Abney, claiming to be 

 truth, mentions the presence of gold in Texas. Other publications, though 

 some of them are quite interesting, do not extend their narratives west of the 

 Staked Plains, and state more the adventures of the parties (surveyors and 

 hunters) than the approximately correct (geographical, etc.) character of the 

 country. 



