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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underline]]Sept.22[[/underline]] Remained all day at camp writing reports for San Mateos, making a few specimens etc. [[underline]]Sept.23[[/underline]]. Broke camp and came down through Cubera, where we mailed letters & reports and a package, then crossed the R.R. at Cubera station and struck the wagon road from Laguna to Acoma. Followed up a wide flat valley past the Enchanted mesa to Acoma. Went past about 3 miles & then found there was no water, so turned back & camped on the flat just east of the pueblo cliff by the reservoir where the cattle & horses & burros drink. A spring at one end gave us good water but the reservoir water was green & old The reservoir is deep, with an island in the middle to keep stock from crossing [[drawing of reservoir]] The island is covered with tall weeds & grass & tules which shade the water & keep it cool. The Acoma valley is extensive, very flat, with fertile soil & abundance of grass, gramma on the