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came about 30 miles but over some rough lava ridges & had to move slowly. Found water only at the 2 springs & at a tank near Tulerosa. A big dry, nearly uninhabited country mainly Upper Sonoran except cold slopes which are all Transition. 

Aneroid at camp read 8000, on divide in Jewett Gap 8100, in big valley 7650, at Galleo Spr 7700, on ridge 7800, at Tulerosa 6800.

[[underlined]]Oct. 10[[/underlined]] Followed down Tulerosa Valley to Frisco, (6750 to 6000 feet) and returned 2 miles to camp on ridge.

The Tulerosa valley is full of farms and good flat land not farmed. It is mainly an Upper Sonoran valley but the cold slopes & flat bottom are Transition with Yellow pine & Populus angustifolia.

Corn & alfalfa do well & we saw cabbage & turnips & beets & squashes, but the valley is said to be frosty so it is necessary to raise early corn. The corn is ripe but frost has killed the vegetation.