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But the water of the Eagle Springs was so scarce that we again had to fall back for part of the needed water on a scanty supply of the railway tank in Torbert. So after Dr. Woodward and Mr. Davis had finished the computation for the determination of the meridian, and we had set the monuments (one near the intersection of the old stage road to El Paso with the Southern Pacific Railway on the north side of the railway, and one about one mile south of the first one), in the presence of Mr. Davis, Major Marmion, county surveyor of Presidio County, representing also Jeff Davis County, and myself, I removed the camp to a well in the flat on Glenn's Creek, where we found a sufficient supply of good water. But the scarcity of grass, as well as clouds of small gnats which nearly killed the animals, compelled me again to move the camp, which besides was a long distance from the points where observations were to be made.

Up to this time (July) it was impossible to secure the help of a topographer at the salary of last year. I left Mr. Taff with one team at Sierra Blanca Junction to work up the Cretaceous hills in the surroundings, and moved myself to the Bonanza district between the first (north) and the second (main) range of the Quitman Mountains. Here the party was joined by Mr. Ralph Wyschetzki, who had successfully worked with me as topographer during the last field campaign. After having worked up the Bonanza district, I moved the camp to the west side of the main range of the Quitman Mountains (formerly Sierra de los Dolores), where since the last rains I had found water in a drift of the Queen Ann prospect. From this camp Mr. Taff, who being through the work around Sierra Blanca and on the hills between this place and the Quitman Mountains, had joined the party, began to sectionize the strata of the Cretaceous hills on the west side, and the older limestones extending from the Quitman Mountains into the flat and into the Cretaceous Malone hills. I myself, with Mr. Wyschetzki, started the topographical work from the points from which we had left off work at the close of the last field campaign. Later Mr. Wyschetzki carried on the work assisted by one of the drivers until I secured the help of Mr. Leon Perl as assistant topographer.

I removed the camp about four miles down the mountains to the location of the Mule prospect, the last place on the mountain slope accessible by wagons, and we finished the geological and topographical work down to the Quitman Pass (formerly Puerta de las Lamentaciones). Rains and waterspouts had destroyed the old stage road and all other roads to and through part of the pass, and in order to take the east side of the Quitman Mountains and the pass I had to move round by Sierra Blanca, going to camp first at the foot of the Cretaceous ranges west of the Devil's Ridge, about nine miles southeast of Sierra Blanca, and later to near the east side of the Quitman Pass, where I left Mr. Wyschetzki in charge of the camp, and moved with Mr. Taff to an