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[[underlined]]Ingram to N. Fork Guadalupe[[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]July 7[[/underlined]] - Left our camp below Ingram and followed up the north fork Guadalupe R. past Japonica & about 15 miles farther west & camped where the big springs boil up in the river bed. With Kerrville as a base at 1660 feet altitude and our camp as 1760 we reached the 2000 foot contour at a second fork of the river about 7 miles west of Japonica just where the last Cypress were seen & where the mesquite, pecan, Berberis trifoliata & other Lower Sonoran plants end or become scarce. The 2000 foot contour seems to be the zone line. Junipers and oaks are the dominant trees above, but a few scattered mesquite, Berberis, Opuntias, Yuccas and other Lower Sonoran things occur along hot slopes.

The country becomes higher, more rocky & more uniformly timbered with a shorter, more scrubby growth. The rock cliffs & canyon walls become lower & the valley bottoms less extensive.

The river becomes clearer & purer & the weather noticeably cooler as we rise. 
At noon stopped for lunch just west of Japonica & got fox & rock squirrels.