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   [[underline]] Joaquin
June 18 & 19 [[/underline]]

   Hunted & trapped at Joaquin but without much success.  There are no georwigs[[?]] &  very few mammals[[?] except rabbits & squirrels.  Haltister caught some Reithrodontin[[?]] & a litle Blarina.  We got a few birds, lizards etc-
   Chiggers are extremely numerous & troublesome, also fleas & B.B. in the house-
[[underline]] June 20-[[/underline]] Went SW on the Houston Shreveport RR. to Leafkins without getting much change of country  In the Nacoydochus[[?]] region it is more hilly with red soil.
The whole way is forest, heavier on the bottoms & thinning & more brushy on the hills-The red soil is better than the sand & raises better crops of corn & cotton.  It is stoney in places with a shaly iron rock.
    Saw some tomato fields & took on one car load of tomatoes.  A hot day, very dry & dusty.