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up a low ridge to the east and over a low divide & down to a branch of Piney Cr.  With a gentle descent for about 4 miles we struck Piney Creek and following down it about 4 miles camped for the night.
Came about 15 miles I guess.
Three rain showers struck us in the afternoon and spoiled all the barometer readings.  It varied up & down 300 or 500 feet at a jump without any changes of altitude.
At camp on starting it read 9300 & on the divide 8900 & at camp on Piney Creek 8000.  These are probably approximate.
The divide was the easiest crossed except one short hill that was so steep it stuck us & we got a traveler to haul us up with his mules ahead of our team.
Saw 2 fresh Bear tracks along road & drove the willows for about a mile along La Barge Creek but did not start one.
Passed through pretty country, meadows & parks along the streams & thick pine & spruce timber.  Good grass where the sheep have not taken it all.
Saw 2 large droves of sheep.
Found S. armatus & Tamias minimus in the lower parks.

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