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every evidence of a moister soil.  Fruit is quite generally cultivated, and alfalfa fields as well as barley became numerous.
Between Tulare and Visalia all the land is fenced, and devoted to agricultural  purposes as noted above.  The natural pastures are of salt-grass ^[[insertion]] [[underlined]] Distichlis maritima [[/underlined]] [[/insertion]] with a little [[underlined]] Juncus mexicanus [[/underlined]] intermixed.
We went into camp about a mile and a half north and slightly [[strikethrough]] west [[/strikethrough]] east from the town on a ranch worked by Mr.

July 18, 1891.
Visalia, Tulare County, Cal.
I went to town this morning and this afternoon wrote up notes and catalogue.

(Sunday) July 19, 1891.
Visalia, Tulare County, Cal.
Beth and I went to church this morning, and in the afternoon remained in camp.