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[[underline]] Sept. 21.[[/underline]] Packed & shipped specimens & sent reports & left Dulce at 3 P.M. for Horse lake. Went about 7 or 8 miles and camped under yellow pines with good grass for the horses and a pool of alkalie water not far away. Came up hill all the way with easy grade but poor road. Aneroid at Dulce read 6900 which is approximately correct, at camp it read 7600.

Followed open valley most of way but yellow pine covers the ridges on both sides. Sheep have eaten the country bare for the first 5 or 6 miles, then a little grass is found & at our camp fine gramma grass covers the ridges. Pools of alkalie water stand holes along the gulches but no running water or good water was seen.

The country is mainly Transition zone with lots of good pine timber. Nut pine & juniper ascend hot slopes at lower end of valley. Pseudotsuga is in cold gulches.