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Shovel Creek

[[underlined]] June 29 [[/underlined]]  Left Shovel Creek with a big thoroughbrace stage & 6 horses and had one of the most interesting and picturesque rides of the season.  Reached Klamath Falls at 6 P.M.  From Shovel Creek our road followed up the river some miles, then climbed gradually up the south side of the canyon to [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] Topsy at the top of Topsy Hill.  Barometer read 2600, on top of Topsy Hill 4100, highest summit on Chicken hill 4400.  Chicken hill is said to be 4700.  Then came down grade through splendid forest till we reached the Klamath River again at -
The trip settles the fact of an almost unbroken Canadian strip of Mts. from Pitt to Shasta, through which the Klamath river cuts a deep canyon with cold side gulches that offer a canadian bridge.  At the same time the river canyon forms a thoroughfare for transition & some Sonoran species from Ager to Klamath.  The canyon is narrow but with open, barren, hot slopes scattered along the north side & hot flats near the bottom.
Two [[underlined]] Lepus californicus [[/underlined]] were seen in the canyon near just below Shovel Ceek, & Stellers Jays