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[[underline]] Natches 

Nov. 22 [[/underline]]. Went up to Natches on the new railroad & tramped over the mesa west of there. The edge of Pinus ponderosa is about 5 miles west on the mesa at 2500 feet. All below seems to be Upper Sonoran zone

The mesa 500 feet above the river bottom is apparently as warm and probably freer from frost than the bottoms. Soil is excellent in both and good crops of alfalfa grain & fruit are raised where water is to be had. A fair crop of grain is raised on the mesas without irrigation. 

Good apples, pears, peaches & apricots, are said to grow on the mesa at 2000 feet, about a mile below the end of Tunnel No. 4 of the Govt. Ditch.

Thomomys are abundant and very destructive in fields and in one alfalfa field I found a few Microtus burrows & runways.
Tracks of coyotes, coons & wild cats are common and badger holes were seen in many places.

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Reviewed. Corrected one typo. -@siobhanleachman