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good to-day, though sometimes pnssing over spurs and high rolling plateaux; grass 



generally good in the valley ; no large timber ........... ........ ............ 5| 



O&amp;lt; l.obcr 1 . Ascend a high plateau; follow it for some distance; descend and 



en &amp;gt;ss a fine creek ..................................................... 3f 



Keep the level, open bottom, and cross the river .......................... 2 



Follow the lower terrace ; cross there small creeks, and camp on river bank ; 



grass good ; wood indifferent ; good travelling to day . ........................ 10 



October S. Follow the valley, passing under a high, steep mountain; reach 

 Indian village at the forks ................ , ............................... 2 



Crossed the east fork ...................................... . .......... J 



Follow the right bank, changing from terrace to terrace; trail alw iys irood ; 



camp on river bank, crossing a small stream at camp; gnss far -uid wood good. . 



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Octoher 9. Pass over a broad, L vl plateau to a rocks spur ...... 



From the 1 spur, by passing through a rn.ir-h, again iolio\v a u vcl ter^ce; pass 

 under a high, gravelly hill, and cross the river ............................... 3f 



Follow the stony bed and recross. passing between high, bluff points of rock ---- 1^ 



Pass over a very rough and high country: camp on the edge of a marshy shore, 

 among the rocks; grass good and wood abund.mt ............................ 3 



October 10. To Great lake and back to camp of yesterday; there being no 

 valley, the trail passes sometimes through marshes, sometimes over mountains, high 

 rolling terraces, &c. ; never very rocky; open timber on the mountains 26 



October 11. Turned back on trail of 9i h to first crossing of river 4^ 



Instead of crossing the second time, kept on left bank, p issing over rolling country 5J 



Left main valley, and followed an elevated lateral valley ; re-entered the main 

 valley; passed some small lakes in the lateral valley, and crossed a creek 4J 



Followed down the main valley ; camped on lake shore; grass good; wood 



indifferent ; trail very good to-day If 



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October 12. To camp Kah-loo- sheep ; followed the edge of the lake ; trail gen 

 erally very good ,. , 3f 



Crossed a high ridge into the valley of a small stream ; ascend this valley to near 

 camp, then pass over very rolling and terraced country; recross the same stream, 

 and camp upon it; grass and wood good; trail has ascended gradually to a very 

 high elevation , 5f 



October 13. Pass over a high, rolling country; patches of larch timber here and 

 there; cross a summit and a small stream; descend into the valley of the iSiyakan 7J 



Ascend a high and steep hill ; pass along a high plateau ; cross two small 

 branches; descend into the valley of the Siyakan, and cross it near its mouth ..... 4 



Follow the lower terrace of the Nehoialpitkwu, passing through open woods; 

 cross that stream, and camp on the left bank; grass and wood good; with the 

 exception of a few steep hills, the travelling to-day was excellent ............... 1 J 



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October 14. Trail generally keeps the valley; occasionally passes over high 



spurs and plateaux; woods open; cross the river four times; cross two small 

 branches on the right bank and four on the left ; camp on the river bank, with good 

 grass ; trail good .......................................................... 



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