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to be ill adapted to telegraph purposes. During the day, we crossed the Slavatna River, the banks of which are wooded and though of an inferior quality, I think it would furnish poles sufficient,to supply a line along its banks. This stream is a tributary of the Peushina river and has its source in a range of hills, which separate it, and its tributaries from the Myan, at a [[left margin]] (30) [[/left margin]] point on the latter, about 40 versts below where we struck it.

The Myan is also said to be timbered up to that point, and from all, that I could judge, should it be decided to build the line upon the Myan, that would be the place to have it and cross the divide, which I think would not be over 20 versts to the timber of the Slavatna, from which place downward, poles can be obtained where needed, and the expense and trouble of transportation avoided.

From the Myan, we took a S.E. course, across the valley, heading for a high, prominent mountain called by the natives "Polpol", just south of which we struck the Polpol River, upon which we traveled about 30 verses when we struck a fresh Kosak trail, going north, [[left margin]] (10) [[/left margin]] which we followed until night, and

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for some reason the transcriber left out most commas and transposed letters - found a couple more that were missed.