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flat plain of the park, We readied Garland before noon and 
found but little mail, There were a number of pleasant gen¬ 
tlemen, officers of the post, there - especially in the neigh- 
borhood of the settlers store where whiskey ran like water and 
most of the officers wore soaked* Major Jewett is in command 
and seems a very nice gentleman* Camped at the south foot of 
Sierra Blanca* 
Aug* 26th i Rainy morning, not possible to make the climb 
today, the camp is untl cv a clump of aspens by a small brook* 
It is a pleasant place* Attempted a sketch of a portion of camp, 
but had indifferent success* Use outlook upon the park is most 
wonderful. The effects of light, shadow and color that pass 
over the velvety plain on such a day ~ sunlight and shower, A 
couple of sketches very faintly and imperfectly represent its 
charms* I know of no place that affords a richer field for the 
painter than these mountains along the east side of Ban Luis 
park* The sunsets are always fine. 
A ug. 27th ; Rode out with Dr, Hayden to make some geol¬ 
ogic examinations* Found the outcrops about the east base to 
be a modern conglomerate tipped up at m angle of 60° and strik¬ 
ing S. §i S*W. passed over the drift covered terraces and ridges* 
Much of the drift seems to com© from the disintegration of the 
recent conglomerate. limited for a while without success and re¬ 
turned to camp without game. Passed a herd of Mexican sheep; 
there must have been 3000 head; about one-third were black* A 
boy and dog tended them. Harry shot a small, perfectly white 
rabbit. The clouds hung low along the ribbed slopes of Blanca 
as 'they had done yesterday. 
