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its highest part, south of the road there is considerable tall timber, probably Pinus flexilis and considerable snow. North of the road the range is lower with little timber and only a doubtful trace of Transition.

The big level, desert valley east of the range is also Upper Sonoran desert. Sarcobatus & Atriplex confertifolia cover the middle part, sagebrush, Eurotia & Guterrizia[[Gutierrezia]] the side slopes. 

At Shafter in the middle of the valley we cross the road to Ely and continue [[strikethrough]] N.E. [[/strikethrough]] east through a low pass in the Toano Range. 

The Toano Range is not very high but is well timbered with Juniper and nut pine and apparently along the crest with taller timber, probably Pinus flexilis & Cercocarpus ledifolius. I can see no yellow of aspens even in cold NE. gulches so give it only a Transition zone crest. The baseal slopes, as the valleys both sides are Sonoran.

A long curve down the west slope of the Toano Range and we 

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(Gutierrezia is a desert plant, but transcribed what I thought he wrote) I believe that the instructions say it is no longer necessary to indicate that there is a blank page, i.e., [[blank page]] [[end and start]]