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sagebrush & grindela. There are lots of junipers on the buttes, mostly on north slopes, and along streams are Populus fremontii, Negundo [[space]], Fraxinus [[space]], Willows, Bullberry, rose thickets and clematis vines. A large prairie dog town lies a mile or two east of Medora & 25 dogs were counted sitting up in one corner of a field in the warm morning sun, their furry coats glistening in the light.

Near Bellfield another & last prairie dog town was seen.

After getting out of the Little Mo. valley we cross wide grassy plains again & at Bellfield, South Heart and Dickinson cross creek valleys with cottonwoods, willows, ash, boxelder, bullberry and rose thickets, but with all grass country between.

Then it is all prairie with more farms & grain fields & rarely a bush or tree until we again strike Heart River near Mandan. Here there is timber & brush as before, but only a little Artemisia cana and for the first time we strike Quercus macrocarpa, Ulmus [[space]], Plum &