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[[underlined]] Note[[/underlined]]:-  A trace of the arid, mesquite flora reaches to the west edge of the Colorado River valley (on the high prairie 10 to 20 miles west of the River) & shows in scattered mesquits, cactus, yuccas, & etc-  The pure mesquite & cactus plains reach to the west edge of the Guadalupe River valley west of Quero.

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[[underlined]] West Point [[/underlined]] to 
[[underlined]]San Antonio [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] April 28 [[/underlined]] Left West Point at 12:08 and returned to Quero and thence N.W. to San Antonio.  Crossed to west side of Guadalupe River at Quero and out onto the rolling prairie.  The scrubby mesquits are abundant on this prairie and become more so as we go west.  The big, pale yellow flowered Opuntia & the smaller, dark centered flowered one are abundant.  At Westhoff the country has become almost typical Mesquite plains with abundance of cactus - including the bush Opuntia suffruticosa.  Acacias, Cordylia[[?]] & Mistletoe are common.

Where we strike the San Antonia River all is dense Mesquite & Cactus with a whole set of desert plants.  Big Neotoma houses (the first seen this year) are common.  A badger hole was noticed,  Geomys seem to be common all the way.  This mesquite & cactus country continues with little change to San Antonio & beyond.

Transcription Notes:
Quero might be Cuero, TX