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The Lava beds are the most wonderful I ever saw. It is black & porous & has been rolled & Twisted & pushed & piled in all manner of shapes. 
The Lava is from 10 to 20 feet thick. In places it is cracked to the bottom, cracks several feet wide, there are holes sometimes 20 feet deep where the lava has sunk; caves & holes are numerous. The bottoms of the cracks & holes are moist & grass & ferns grow in them, but we could find no water. A few scrub cedars grow over the bare black field of rocks & some small plants where there is a little soil. 
It rained while we were on the rocks & we sucked enough water from the holes to quench our thirst. 
A few hours tramping over it took the soles nearly off our shoes. 
Skinned a few things & started on at 7 P.M. so as to travel most of the way to Big Butte in the night. A hot day with rain in P.M. 

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