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[[underlined]] To Antonito [[/underlined]]

[[underlined]] Aug. 25 [[/underlined]]. Followed down the Castilla canyon 8 miles to Castilla town, then west to Rio Grande and 3 miles beyon, where we made a dry camp on the plains between two lava buttes. Aneroid at camp 9050, at Castilla 8500, at Rio Grande 8100, at camp 8300. Came about 30 miles. Good road & mostly down grade.

Castilla is at the edge of the valley and is a typical Mexican settlement & town, spread out for 2 or 3 miles with a plaza & store & church at each end of the settlement. Most or all of the water of the Castilla river is used for irrigation. Groves of Populus angustifolia beautify the valley [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] along the streams but otherwise it is a desert, sagebrush valley stretching west as far as the San Juan Mts. except for numerous crater & lava buttes which are black with nut pines,juniper & the higher ones with yellow pine & aspens.

The valley is level, mellow soiled & pure Upper Sonoran zone.