again first was a pen of Donkeys then Buffaloes had a snap. holding a Water Buffaloes horn but I was outside the fence you bet. then there was all kinds of Elks and Deers. a pair of Zebra's a bunch of Kangaroo's a lot of mountain sheep and sheep and goats from foreign countries. and on the way out saw a warty hog. had big warts on the sides of its face they came from Africa and 3 of them cost $1500

Jan 8th started out for a picnic today. called at Claytons and got Mrs Clayton and the two girls intented going into the mountains by Murphy Canyon. but the road had been washed out by rain. so drove a few miles up down Mission Valley a vegetable growing section saw some good looking celery. the road was very rough and was glad when we came to the highway which we followed to La Jolla a nice town along the beach about

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