The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 193
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The "Prison Journal" ofS. F. Austin. 193
quantities to Europe, as also sugar, & would supply the coast with
wheat, & other grain. A country without any other exports than
gold & silver, can never be anything else than dependent on other
nations, without advancing in agriculture any more than what may
be necessary for home consumption. Such a country in fine is
nothing but a nation of miners, getting out gold to enrich foreign
nations.--At Lagos, Don Luis met his friends who had brought a
coach for him from Aguas Calientes; & on the 22nd I took leave of
this good friend & virtuous, intelligent patriot.-He is one of the
most philanthropical men, & the greatest enthusiast for the welfare
& felicity of his country that I have known, & the most disinter-
ested and industrious. 22nd Decr. 15 Leagues to Matanzas.-Alone
with my servant, I took the road to San Luis Potosi, & expected
to overtake there Genl. Pedro Lemus, commander general of the
internal States of the East, who was going to Monterey. It was
my intention to go by Cienaga de Matapara in order to purchase a
good horse of those raised at that place, which are said to be of
the best kind in the republic. But on arriving at the Hacienda,
called Instancias Grande, I abandoned the idea, as it was so much
out of the way, & having remained a short time at Instancias, I
passed the night at Matanzas, very fatigued as it was the first day
since the month of May that I had been on horseback.-The gen-
eral aspect of the country today was mountainous & sterile-noth-
ing of much interest.
23rd. I slept at Gallina, 16 Leagues, a Hacienda belonging to
the Marquis del Jaral. It did not appear to me very fertile-more
adapted to raising stock than for farming purposes.
Deer. 24th 1833 I arrived at San Luis (15 Leagues from .......
of Gallina) a little after sunset, & stoped at the tavern de San
Antonio, where I met Mr. Maurice Hebenstricke, a merchant from
Matamoros. I arrived very tired but less than the former day,
rather worse for a bad headache.-
25th. I remained in San Luis Potosi. Mr. Oregis a partner of
Dall's came to see me, also Mr. Cayetana Rubio from whom I re-
ceived the $100 on the draft from W. S. Parrott. I bought a horse
for $20, in order to put part of the load, that was on the mule, my
servant Jerman was riding, so as to travel faster that I might over-6 Word obliterated.
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