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[[underline]]Sept.11[[/underline]] - Left San Ysedro and turned west up the sandy valley of the Salado. Passed many mineral and soda springs, some of sparkling soda water, others of sulphur, iron, mud or other minerals. Some have built up fine cones of calcarious incrustations and a wide strip of country seems to be largely spring formations. Left the Salado & followed up a long, dry, sandy draw till noon, then crossed a ridge and beyond found a great tank of fairly good water "Chuca tank" about 12 miles from Cabezon. Here we lunched & then decided to stay all night as there was no more water until we should reach Cabezon and we had made a hard pull through sand and up hill over bad roads.

Found Ammospermophilus common, also Eutamias & Citellus grammerus and mounds of Dipodomys spectabilis. Saw a few Lepus arizonae, several flocks of blue quail & doves were numerous in patches of Cleome & Croton.