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Pattie's Personal Narrative, 1824-1830; Willard's Inland Trade with New Mexico, 1825, and Downfall of the Fredonian Republic; and Malte-Brun's Account of Mexico

Note 59 — COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXPEDITION (continued 2)

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This is apparently the giant cactus (Cereus giganteus). The height to which it grows varies with the nature of the soil, the average being from twenty to thirty feet.—Ed.

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