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[[underlined]] Burns  July 6 [[/underlined]] Drove up to Burns & got mail & supplies & made up skins & set traps. Hot & dusty.

[[underlined]] July 7 [[/underlined]] Set more traps & hunted over the big marsh & made skins & packed specimens. Another hot day.
  Obsidian covers the ground in small pieces that have been chipped from arrowheads. We have found a number of good obsidian arrowheads. Between here & Silver Creek we crossed miles of country where obsidian boulders were scattered over the surface. Near here some of the washes bring down much of it in small pieces.

[[underlined]] July 8 [[/underlined]] Broke camp & went to Burns & then east to Harney and then turned north up the Rattlesnake Creek to Kings Mill and then went a mile and camped just over the divide on the head of Trout Creek. From Burns to Harney the road crosses grassy flat most of the way and is smoothe and good, but very dusty. 
  The immense marsh extends south to Malheur Lake. Crossed no streams except Silvis R. at Burns. Entered pine timber 7 miles north of Harney, and camped under big pines with good grass & water. Aneroid read 3550 at Burns, 3650 at Harney, 4650 at edge of pines, 5300 at Kings Mill & 5200 at camp.
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