"Wightman-who owned a cow, from which sprang, in five years, twenty-three in number. The mineralogist, not less than the man of business, also, finds in Texas subject matter of investigation and curious re:,earch. It is kno,m that on the Colorado river iron exists in all its native combinations. On the same river are lead mines and coal beds, to appear- ance inexhaustible and of unquestionable excellence. There are mineral springs in various parts of the country which contain iron impregnated, in greaJter or less proportion, with neutral salts, and have already effected some remarkable cures on persons diseased, coming from other countries. Springs giving out Epsom salts, as if impregnated to saturation with that substance, have been discovered in the near vicinity of the last named river. Rich gold mines, it is understood, have been pointed out in the mountains by Indians to certain traders; but their place is at present unknown. Possibly it may be expected that this slight sketch will not end without a word dropped for the gratifica- tion of sportsmen; should any of this class have an inclination toward the forests of Texas, they will there find the buffalo, the deer, the bear, the mustang, or wild horse, the wolf, several species of the cat kind, as the leopard-cat, and some others. There is the ~Iexican hog, a most furious untameable animal, dan- gerous to encounter, unless your weapons be sharp and
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