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[[underlined]] El Paso [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Aug. 19 [[/underlined]] - Got my camera repaired, check cashed, & did some writing,

[[underlined]] Aug. 20 [[/underlined]] Returned to Van Horn & located at the section house with Mr. King.

[[underlined]] Aug. 20 - 25 [[/underlined]] -

Hunted sheep & panther in the hills north of Van Horn & trapped some on the open valley. 

The whole big valley is pure Lower Sonoran, while the low, nameless Mts. to the north are Upper Sonoran on their north slopes & over the tops, with Agave lechuguilla & Fouquieria on rocky south slopes nearly to the tops. 

They are cut off from the south end of the Diablo Mts. The eastern ridge of this group is known as Bales Mtn. The Eagle Mts. lie 20 or 30 miles to the west with the Bass Mts. as a little range between here & the S.P.R.R.

[[underlined]] Aug. 25 [[/underlined]] - Went to Toyah & met Cary & Hollister with outfit. Camped near Toyah to pack specimens, write reports & rearrange outfit

Transcription Notes:
"Agave lachuguilla" is lechuguilla, but transcribed as written.