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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] May 6 [[/underlined]]. Left Sierra Blanca at Midnight - reached Marathon at 5:12 A.M. Found none of the party here so spent the day writing & will take next train for Langtry to get outfit. The country is very dry & barren, There is said to have been little [[strikethrough]] or no [[/strikethrough]] rain for 6 months. [[underlined]] May 7 [[/underlined]]. Train was late, so did not start for Langtry till 9 A.M. & arrived there after noon. Found Kelley with a bad foot, sprained 3 weeks ago & not improving, so hired another man for cook & sent Kelley home. Photographed. got skulls & notes. [[underlined]] May 8 [[/underlined]]. Started Surber & outfit for Marathon at 8 A.M. Settled bills, sent letters & telegram & took 10 oclock train for Comstock where I found Oberholser. Tramped all P.M. with him setting gopher traps & took 5 oclock train for Dryden to head off outfit. Arrived at 9 P.M.