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[[underlined]] Kerrville to Fredricksburg [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] May 9 [[/underlined]] Left Kerrville at 7:30 and reached Fredricksburg at 12. 26 miles, fairly good roads most of the way. Kerrville is 1750 feet. Fredricksburg 1695, the divide between is 500 feet above Kerrville - 2250. Scrub oak country all the way. The last half of the way becomes less rough and stony, & is largely improved. Great fields of cotton & corn & wheat look good. Much of the land near Fredricksburg is sandy and very fertile.

No geomys hills were seen till near F., where they are numerous. Tramped over the valley in P.M. looking for signs of [[underlined]] Microtus pinetarum[[/underlined]] & set traps in numerous ridges probably made by moles. 

Stopped at the Schinz Hotel. Fredricksburg is a typical German town with solid, substantial houses, & a neat, prosperous appearance. The farms are well managed & the whole country seems prosperous