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[[left page is blank]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[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.