This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] The full set of [[strikethrough]] Upper [[/strikethrough]] Lower Sonoran things including Larrea & Dipodomys spectabilis go across both ridges from the Pecos Valley to Sierra Blanca. The tops of the ridges are more open & may carry a mixture of Upper Sonoran also. Between Kent & Van Horn the R.R. crosses the south end of the great Salt Basin which closely resembles the Alamogordo Basin. To the north it seems to be a Playa but along the south end is a grassy flat with much stock ranging over it. There seems to be water in pools & at the west edge is a little house & windmill. The whole country from Colorado City west is extremely dry, with little green grass or vegetation & even the leaves of the mesquite few & small. There has been very little rain in the past 6 months. There are few flowers. rarely a yucca in blossom. A few Larrea flowers seen. Grass is scarce & closely eaten, especially west of Pecos.