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[[underlined]] Hondo [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]Sept.16[[/underlined]] - Passed the place called Hondo, at Junction of Ruidoso Creek & Hondo R. about a mile below camp & then followed down the valley past Picacho & about 5 miles below, where we turned out of the river valley over the hills & struck across plains toward Roswell. Camped about 22 miles west of Roswell at old rain pool on open plains.

Aneroid at camp 6000 & the same at Hondo, at Picacho 5600, where we left river 5400, top of mesa 5900, camp on plains 5000.

The Hondo valley is mainly Lower Sonoran. The plains are grassy Upper Sonoran with Nolina & Mimosa biuncifera in places but covered mainly with short grass. We found 2 water pools toward night but for long distances there is no water & the grass is untouched.