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Jan. 29 Came into Del Rio at 1:30 A.M. Went to hotel & slept till sunrise, then got out & began looking about. Found myself in a shabby scattering little town full of brush & negros. The country all around is flat & brushy except some low hills a mile east & a blue line of Mountains away in Mexico at least 100 miles away.
Got my things to hotel & skinned 3 birds that I killed yesterday & stuffed the Lynx skin that I got at Llyods before dinner. In P.M. took traps & went out on a road to the south. Found some holes & lots of signs of Sigmodons. set 12 traps & hunted till sundown.
Killed a Cottontail & 4 Quails & some other birds. Birds are numerous. 
Found a deep rapid river near town, Didn't know it was there before. The Rio Grande is about 2 miles distant & I did not see it. Farmers are plowing, some fields of wheat are green & nice. The stalks of cotton & corn are on most of the ground & seem to be the principal crops. Fruit trees are numerous, there seems to be good chance for irrigation farms are quite numerous. Warm enough for summer, Trees are mostly bare, but plants are green & vegetables in all stages.