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Show 30 APPENDIX TO PART IlL from no1·th to south may be 500 miles, and breadth from cast to WCSL 350. .'lir and C/imaf('.-One of the most delightful temperatures in the world, but, being a country covered with timbe r, the new emig- rants arc ~;enerally sickly, which may justly be attributed to putrescent vc ge ta~ion, which bring~ on intermittent and bil ious attacks, ancl, in sollle instances, mali~11<1nt fevers. The justice of these l'e· :marks arc proved by the observations ,,f all the !irst settle1·s of our western l'rontic·rs, that pl nce <; which, in the course of ten 01· liftcen years, UC::C011\C perfect ly healt hy, were, the firsllWO 01' three years, ~1u itc the reverse, and ~;c n c rally cost them the loss of two ot· three mcm:J 'l'S or th eir Lllnilics. 1\ /int·s, .lllin('mll-l, and Fos ..' lils.-The only one known and worked is a mine or lead. R i ,rrs.-The rirer St. Anton io takes its source about one lc1p;ue to the noni1-eao.;t of the C<tpital of the province (St. Antonio) and is navig-able for canoes to its source, affording excellent fish, tiuc n1ill scats, and water to every part of the town. It is joined by 1 he river Mariana fro111 the west, which forms part of the line be· twl'c.;ll Cogqnilla and Texas, and then discharges itself into the Rio Guaclcl11pe about 50 mile:; from the se.1. At the town of St. An· tot1io it is about twenty yards wide, and, in some places, twelve feet in depth. The river Guaclclupc takes its !HHu·ce about 150 miles to the north-west or St. Antoltio, whc1·e we crossed it: it \\'as a beautiful stream, of at least sixty yards in width. Its waters arc transparent and na,· i~;able for canoes. After receiving the waters of the St. Antonio and St. Marco it discharges itself into the south· west end of the bay of St. ilcrnardo. At the crossing of this rivc1· th e1·c is a ran~c for the ho1·scs of St. Antonio and. a "guarde de caballo," with an elc~an t si te for a town. The river St. l\1arco t.lltes it<; source about I 00 miles north, twenty west of St. Antonio, and at the cross in ~ of the road is thi1ty ya1 ds in width; a clea1· and navigable stream fo1· canoes. lly the road this rive1· is only foul'tecn miles from the Guac.lelupc, into which it discharges it~elL The Red ri\·cr takes its source in the province of Cog·quilla in 33° N. latitude and I 04° 30' \V. longitude, but bending to the cast, enters the province of Texas,. and, after a winding course of about 600 rniles, discmbog1ies itself into the bay of St. ilemard, in the 29° N. latitude. vVherc the road travc l'ses it was at least I so yards wide, and has a guard o( dragoons ::stationed on its banks. Its waters APPENDIX TO PART Ill. 11 ~1re of a reddish cast, from whence it probably derived its name, This stream is navi!;ablc fo1· boats of tht·ee ot· four tons bu1·dcn. . " The riv~t· llrassos takes its somce in the province of Cog-q uilla 111 ->4° N. latitude and 105° \V. longitude, ente1·s the province of Texas, and dischat·g-es itself into the gu lf of l\Iexico in 28° 'W', after a course of 750 lnilcs. It i!:l the laq;cst river in the province, und, where the road crosses, is 300 yat·ds wide and navig-able fo1· Jarg·c keels. Fl'Om the appearance on it f-1 banks it must rise and f.d l 100 ft:et. Its waters were red and turbid, its banks weli tim bc t·ecl and a rich prolific soil. Here was kept the only boat I recollect to ~1avc seen in the provinces. . The ri\'e t· Trinity takes its sou1·cc in 34° N . latitude and 99° \V. l?ng·itucle, and discharge~ itself into Galucston's bay in 29° 30' N. latitude. lly its meanders it is ubom 300 n1ilcs in length. \Vhcre the road cross~s i~ is about 60 yards in width, with high, steep banks covered wtth tJmbet· and a rich luxllt·iant soil. The rivers Nnchez and Ang·elina arc small rivet'S of about 20 1 . ' rat·c s m width, and after forming a junction, discharge themselves 111to the Tt·inity. The rivet· Toyac is a small stJ·cam, which discharges itself into th~ ~ulf .of Mexico, at the same hay with the Sabine, in about 29° 50 N. latitude and 97° vV. longitude. . The Sabine rivet·, the jzreunt limits between the Spanish domi~ tons and the territories of the United States in that quartc1·, takes Its ~ource in about the 33° N. latitude, and enters the gulf of Mexico 1ll 29° 50'. It may be 300 miles in length by its meanders, and at the road about 50 yards in width. Here the Spaniards keep a ~uard and feny boat. Lakes.-Some small ones neax· the head of the Guadclupc and some branches of Reel ri vcr. Timber, Plains, aud Soil.--This province is well timbered for IOO miles f1·om the coast, but has some Slllall prairies interspersed thro 1 · · b · . ug 1 Its tun ered land ; bnt take 1t gcne J·al ly, it is one of the nchcst and most prolific and best watet·ecl countries in North America. 4nimals.--BufTalo, deer, elk, wild hog-s, nnd wile! horses, the latter of which at·e in such numbers as to aflord supplies for all the Sttvages who borc.le1· on the pt·ovince, the Spaniards, a]l(l vast droves foe the other provinces. They arc also sent into the United State:; n0 t · 1 ' WH !Standing the trade is contraband. They go in such large gang-s thal it is requisite to keep an acll: tnce .. gm\rd of horsemen, in order to frig hten them awny; f() |