Leaving Eagle Springs the road bore to the left between the 
Esgle Mts. and Devils Ridge and crossed the present Quitmann Arroyo. 
About 23 miles from Eagle Spr. the road entered a deep rugged canyon in the 
Quitman Mts. by which after a course of 8 or 9 miles 
the Rio Grande was reached,^ opposite the present town of La Banderas, 
in Mexico across the river. This is all in Hudspeth County. 
Prom this point the party ascended the valley of the Rio Grande 
to ElPaso, over OO mileB. 
Collections of Sept 7th ( and perhaps those of the preceeding day) 
probebljr were obtained in what is now El PasQCounty, Texas 
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