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The base of the range is all yellow pine forest, open, clean, grassy, & beautiful. Our road for 20 miles along the east side is mainly through this virgin forest, which strange to see is scarcely mutilated by man. Even fire has done little to harm it. The trees are thrifty, large, clean and beautiful. It compares well with the San Francisco Mtn. forest before the mills were started. and it covers an extensive area. The plateau east of the Gallinas River is also apparently well forested, while the valleys & canyons are covered with nut pine & juniper. There are lots of open, grassy parks but no water for long distances & little stock. Almost no sheep. In places the young pines are coming in in abundance. 

We found a small settlement on Coyote Creek, but crossed the Puerso in the canyon above ranches.