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most suitable place for carying a wire over, that I have yet seen. Larch grows in abundance on all sides. A verst below, we reached the mouth of the Olgan, about 70 versts below, where we expected to find it. It is a large, well wooded stream, flowing from the S.E.

[[left margin]](10)[[/left margin]] Near by is an old yarte, somewhat out of repair, but it could be made servicable in a short time.

    At this point we left the river direct for Crepast, as we had given our last dog food to those narts, just arrived, but from the hills we traversed I could see the river to the point Lieut. Kennan struck it, in his exploration of the Anadyr.

    Below the Olgan River, Larch ceases to grow, but between the Orlofka and Olgan Rivers, there is sufficient to supply the route from Behrings Sea to Ghijigha, and keep it in repair for any length of time.

   It seems to be Providential foresight, that this one river out of such a [[left margin]](20)[[/left margin]] great number, in this section of the world, is timbered suitably for the