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[[underlined]] N. Fork Guadalupe to [[/underlined]] 
  
[[underlined]]July 10 [[/underlined]]-  Left our camp on N.Fork Guadalupe R. (15 miles west of Japonica) at 9 A.M. & followed the ridges ^[[insertion]]west-[[/insertion]] just north of the river until we came out on ^[[insertion]]higher,[[/insertion]] more open, smoother plains country with less timber. Keeping a generally westward course we passed several ranches with windmills & finally made a dry camp on high rolling plains - [[strikethrough]] Camp [[/strikethrough]] came about 20 miles & suppose the distance to Rocksprings to be about 35. Barometer read 2150 at camp in morning, 2300 on the first edge of the more open country & 2450 at our nights camp - corrected readings from Kerrville as base.
   After leaving the breaks & rough gulches the juniper becomes scarcer, scrub oaks take the predominance & with lots of Rhus trilobota scattered in. Mesquites are common in protected basins & on open south slopes but entirely absent from most of the country. Juglans rupestris is common along the water courses which are all dry at present
   Struck Amphispiza, [[Puceae ?]] cassini & Sturnella on open country- also Pipilo [[nesolucus?]] -

Transcription Notes:
Puceae is probably Peucaea