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[[underlined]] back to Comstock [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] July 28 [[/underlined]] - Returned to Comstock & divided our party, sending Donald to Devil River, putting Casey & Hollister with the outfit while I take the R.R.

[[underlined]] July 29 [[/underlined]], Worked on clearing up various odds & ends that had been neglected. writing most of the day. 

[[underlined]] July 30 [[/underlined]] - Finished packing specimens & getting outfit in shape for the trip.

Took 5:20 P.M. train to Pecos High bridge & stopped at section house. 

[[underlined]] July 31 [[/underlined]], Went down in the Canyon above the High Bridge & found an old beaver trapper & fisher, John [[strikethrough]]Sewel[[/strikethrough]] Seawel, who has been a keen observer & is unusually intelligent.  He is now catching big cat fish of several species for the market and has them picketed out all along the river.  For other people the fish will not bite but he seems to have a knowledge of their habits that gives him a corner on the market.  He told me many interesting things of their habits

Transcription Notes:
"Pecos High Bridge" was a railroad bridge across the Pecos River; Bailey's train would have crossed the bridge constructed in 1892. (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/erp02)