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Here the barometer registered [[insertion]] 19.20 in. [[/insertion]] 11300 feet
At 5 P.M., with a clear sky & a cold wind blowing. Above this the peak rises at least a thousand (1000) feet, but is so steep that to climb it would be very difficult & dangerous if possible.
Perpindicular cliffs rise from 10 to 25 & 30 feet, one back of another. It might be possible to find clefts through which to climb. This was on the E. side.
The other side is said to be still more steep & rough.
We started down at 5 P.M. & followed down the crest of the ridge, only passing though a little timber till we reached our horses at 7 P.M. At the lowest timber, where the barometer registered [[insertion]] 22.05 in. at 10 A.M. [[/insertion]] 7700 feet as we came up, it [[strikethrough]] it [[/strikethrough]] now registered 7800 feet at 7 P.M.
A long, dark ride home &, supper & to bed finished the days work.
Streator took the other horse & went up a canon in the range east of us & brought back 17 mammals among them 3 Lagomys
The barometer registered 7000 feet on our return to camp at 10 P.M. which is 400 above what it read at 7 A.M. before going up the Mt.

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reviewed and mainly fixed typos -@meg_shuler