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much of the forest in good condition. The soil is good & not much of it rocky [[strikethrough]] so [[/strikethrough]] and grass would be knee high if left for a season. [[strikethrough]] Saw no [[/strikethrough]] To the S.W. ^[[insertion]] about 15 or 20 miles [[insertion]] a large dome shaped Mtn. rises high enough to have a N.E. timberline bald spot, probably reaching 12000 feet. It seems to be connected with this ridge & is covered with black forest as is also a big ridge sweeping around to the west of Mesa Prieta. Still west of this a high, forested ridge runs N. & S. & is probably the Cijita Blanca.

The whole country offers a magnificent area for forest reserve, better & more extensive than I had supposed. Even the canyons of the Puerco & Coyote are full, except along the walls, of magnificent yellow pine & douglas spruce, the trees often 5 feet in diameter & 100 feet high with as perfect trunks as I ever saw. The mesas are almost pure yellow pine. The tops of the mts. are Canadian zone