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of corn and sugar farms as far as the eye can reach and on
either side of the valley the towering
Mountains whose peaks seem to pierce
the sky. it has rendord him
as {?}
Saturday Sept 26 1846
Genl Worth for the gallant services has given his Regiment
Quarters in the City. The house occupi
ed by our company is a fine large building
with out houses a fine well a stream of
water runing through the lot a fine garden
and a splendid orange Lemon and citron
grove for our horses to luxuriate in
and plenty of corn stored in one
of the out houses. The trees have abun
dance of fruit on them bananas and there are seve
ral other kinds of fruit the names of which
I do not know and in fact [?] all the tropical fruits [?]
the whole of which is enclosed here
with a high stone wall. The stores have
opened las evening and to day so [?] purchase [?]
such articles of clothing as we need.
All articles the Mexicans have for
sale such as blankets [saddls?] or
they charge us about twice the usual
prices.

of corn and sugar farms as far as the eye can reach and on
either side of the valley the towering
Mountains whose peaks seem to pierce
the sky. it has rendord him
as {?}
Saturday Sept 26 1846
Genl Worth for the gallant services has given his Regiment
Quarters in the City. The house occupi
ed by our company is a fine large building
with out houses a fine well a stream of
water runing through the lot a fine garden
and a splendid orange Lemon and citron
grove for our horses to urinate in
and plenty of corn stored in one
of the out houses. The trees have abun
dance of fruit on them bananas and there are seve
ral other kinds of fruit the names of which
I do not know and in fact [?] all the tropical fruits [?]
the whole of which is enclosed here
with a high stone wall. The stores have
opened las evening and to day so [?] purchase [?]
such articles of clothing as we need.
All articles the Mexicans have for
sale such as blankets [saddls?] or
they charge us about twice the usual
prices.