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about 3 miles we camp for the night on the River bank - The country appears dry and very much burnt up - a few feeble attempts at farming may be seen, but it appears necessary to irrigate to raise any kind of grain crops - Grain is light and rather light. Burnt River runs through a Canyon with high and abrupt mountains bording? upon it with bold escarpments of basalt facing the River at nearly every turn - mining seems to have been done all along the river. and old and abandoned mining camps can be seen at short intervals We are now in Idaho Territory, the River being the line separating this Territory from Oregon - Mosquitoes are bad along the River, and we are pestered with them in camp today - Distance 23 miles. The water of the River is warm & alkaline Monday July 14th 1879 Was under way at sunrise - Follow up River 2 miles along a narrow bottom, and then enter upon an extensive unknown plain of several miles in width and at 14 miles come with Weiser River 30 yds wide running West into the Snake River, a short distance away. Continued on 12 miles further and came upon a bend of Snake River. no grass. day hot. water poor. Rested two hours and again set out through the better unknown - same plains and at 8 miles crossed the Payette River a brisk stream 100 yds wide running into the Snake River to the right: over which a Ferry is kept - Passing the stream one half mile and camp. grass poor. scarcely any at all Large numbers of Rabbits appear and several hundred can be counted within a radius of