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I was outwardly. The Snake River 
is so named because for every mile it 
goes ahead it retreats half way along- 
side to see how well it has been done. 
I mention this as a pleasing instance 
of a name that really describes the 
thing named. But this is after knowl- 
edge. : 
About half past five, we came to a 
rolling tumbling yellow stream where 
the road stopped abruptly with a horrid 
drop into water that covered the hubs 
of the wheels. The current was strong, 
and the horses had to struggle hard 
to gain the opposite bank. I began to 
thank my patron saint that the Snake 
River was crossed. 
Crossed? Oh,no! A narrow strip 
of pebbly road, and the high willows 
suddenly parted to disclose another 
stream like the last, but a little deeper, 
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