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[[underlined]] To Silver Creek  July 4 [[/underlined]] Followed up the dry gulch to the S.E. and found timber near the summit of the divide  Traveled through pine timber about 8 miles and came down a slight grade till we reached Camp Curry Spring on [[underlined in red]] Silver Creek. [[under-lined in red]] Found no water over the range but fine grass all the way.
  Timbered ridges stretch away west & high buttes & peaks stand up beyond the ridges. Stein Mts. show plainly from the upper end of Silver Creek Valley. They are well covered with snow.
  Followed down the valley about 10 miles and camped at [[underlined in red]] Rileys [[/underlined in red]] on the alkali flat.
  Fixed the aneroid at camp & set it at 4125  On summit of range it read 4700.  The timber reached down on south slope to 4100. At Silver Creek it read 3750 & at camp 3725. Came about 30 miles. Hot & dusty. Silver Cr. valley is a great sagebrush plain with wide grass flats all along the stream. Pine covered ridges rise to the north, lower ones with junipers occur to the south.

[[underlined]] July 5 [[/underlined]], Sunday. Started early & traveled 20 miles & camped at noon at a point of rocks 4 miles south of [[underlined in red]] Burns [[/underlined in red]] where several large, warm springs come out of the rocks & flow to the big marsh of Malheur Lake. Remained in camp the rest of day.
  Very dusty & hot. Traveled over sagebrush & lava country but little above the marsh.
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