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r.Mri'it siAi'Ks. 



Tlir rc{ri<»n i\l>onf rmalilla is m inllinu pniiiir. Tin- liiUiksof tlir ('nliiinltiii l!i\i 

 arc Mainly ami ;ir:iM-lly. Tlif rinaiiiia Kivt-r is small aii<l *'m|itir> in in iIk- ( mIiiiiiIm. 

 AI)iMit its iiKiiitli is an cstiiury with a snt'i iiiiid Itotiorii aiiW with IVniii _ to.'i Irct <l*-|>i 

 of waltT. TIm' mm! ami sitmc wati-rwfnl.s usually liih'il the net so that it was ilitlinii 

 to piciv out tile lish, i'>|ii'cially as it was mccssars lu rollcct alM'r tIaiU. TIh' iiim> 

 im|)oi'taiit iliscovciy ol' I hf >fasoii wa> madi' at this point, ('olmnhiit tniiisiiiDiili'n 

 shows in a striking: way tin- moiliiii ation ni thf lin-« nl the I'acilir slopi- tishcs. i 

 this cast' it has t'oaml expression in the stron;; spinc-i at the ori^iiiot' the anal ami ih 

 dorsal tins. 



Til)' <iraml itomlc KMvcr is a trii>ntaryot the Snake. At La (iraiidc it is a sm.i 

 streani with a lew deep holes. It is damine(| near the town tor liiillin;> purposes. 

 I'lill of an;;ular pieces of lava, and scinin*; is almost impossilde. Kclow the dam lar;:' 

 lUl'Ulicrs ot' Anntiocirlix were t'onnd dead. 



AImhiI ( 'aldwell thei'niintry is a level plateau, tn'clcss except alon}; the river l»ani» 

 The IJitisc Uiver. whieli is a swift stream al)oat 100 I'eet oi' less in '.id is dammed a 

 vari(His places to di\ert the water into irrijiatiiiK' ditches. There are level stretclii 

 ill the liver, aitcniatiaji witli swift riftles. 



At Idaho I'alls the Snake i;i\ei has worn a narrow fjor^ye tliroiifjh tlie lava, and 

 a fierce torrent in which .seiiiiii;> was out of tln'tpiestioii. l-'ortuiiately a sinall stre;i; 

 has been diverted for a mill, and in tliis I obtained proltably a complete series of tli 

 tishes of this rei^ioii. The e()untry is still a lev»d valley with inoiiiitaiii raiifTes at 

 distance on either side. 



Soon aftei' leaviii<; Idaho Falls the continental divide iscrossed. The llrst statin 

 at which I made c(dlectioiis was Craiy, .Mont., on the .Mis.souri. This river is hci 

 aluMit l.">0 teet wide, a clear, cold. rai»id stream with gravel bottom and full of ('m 

 fimuis irHlii(insiiiii and I'ldtiff/ithiit niKcilis. Fishiiif;' was conlined ehietly to the sloii;; 

 formed at the mouth of a small creek enterinii' from the eastern side. 



.\t Poplar the Mis.souri is a swift, luuildy stream, probably •JtMl yards i)r more wit! 

 Poplar Kiver is also miidtly and partakes of the nature of the prairi«' streams iic, 

 Wiiinipe;;-: that is. its Itanks are composed of s(d't mud. it seemed nowhere ovei 

 feet doe[», and in many places it was only a foot deep. 



