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[[underlined]] Valentine [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Aug 5-9 [/underlined]] - Gordon Donald arrived from Paisano Aug. [[overwritten]] 6 7 [[/overwritten]] & I started him to trapping in the valley about Valentine for Spermophiles, Perognathus, Peromyscus, Dipodomys etc -

There have been good rains since July 2. The valley is unusually green with abundant grass & bright with spring flowers. The tanks are full of water the soil mellow, & things are growing as in summer. The weather is cool & lovely.

Valentine is near the middle of a big open valley about 30 miles wide, apparently surrounded by mountains, the Davis Mts. on the east & north, and low escarpment ridges of lava rock on the west & S.W.  There are gaps in the mts. to the south & west & the prairie meets the sky to the S.E. along the R.R.  The valley seems like a big grassy prairie with tall yuccas here & there a low bushes scattered in places.  The drainage is north toward Van Horn. [[underlined]] Altitude 4424. [/underlined]]

The whole valley seems to be mixed upper & lower Sonoran zones.  Most of the ground is given up to grass but