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[[underline]]Over to Laycys ranch[[/underline]].

[[underline]]July 1[[/underline]] -

Took my saddle horse & started over to Laceys. Went a mile up river to Ingram & then followed up Indian creek about 3 miles and then over the ridge some 3 miles farther to his ranch. La[[strikethrough]]y[[/strikethrough]]cey had gone to town so I returned but saw some interesting country, got good notes & a few specimens. Am more than ever satisfied of the Upper Sonoran character of the top of the ridges, both from absence of mesquite & lower Sonoran species & the preponderance of dwarf & small oaks - & other species not found below - see lists.

Forgot to carry aneroid but should guess the ridge to be 1000 feet higher than the river at Ingram.

The whole country is horizontal line rock, cut out & left in cliffs along the streams. Stony & rough everywhere except [[strikethrough]]alon[[/strikethrough]] in patches along the stream valleys which are all under cultivation. The ridges have good grass & are good stock range where not too

Transcription Notes:
His "aneroid" is a type of barometer.