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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Uvalde [[/underlined]] & there is often thick timber of Pecan, elm, Celtis & live oaks. At Sabinal the river is bordered with numerous large cypress trees ([[strikethrough]] Cupres [[/strikethrough]] Taxifolium distichum). The country is gorgeous with flowers in masses - Coreopsis, Oenotheras, Rudbeckias, Helianthus & Helianthellas?, Callarhoes, Argemone, Phlox & Lupines. Grass is good. Pastures are larger. Houses & towns few. [[underlined]] May 16: Uvalde. [[/underlined]] Drove out several miles west of town and to the creek east. Took some photos and notes on plants & birds. Expected to take train to Del Rio but it was 5 hours late so waited over another day for Oberhalser - who was to meet us here yesterday. The rains have made the roads very muddy & bad & filled the streams so many of them are not crossable. 8 inches of rain has fallen in 2 days.