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After leaving the indian reservation [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] we found the range overstocked & the grass badly eaten off, especially upon steep slopes.  The tops of mesas have better grass.  At Circle Mr. Landis says he raises good potatoes and most hardy vegetables with no trouble from frost.

[[underline]] Zone [[/underline]] As far up the valley as we went, 6 miles below Dubois, transition zone predominated, with populus angustifolia along the rivers, Junipers & Pinus flexilis on the ridges.  Near Torrey Lake where a N.E. slope reaches to the river bottom, Canadian zone comes down with aspens & a few Picea pungens, [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] but the junipers reach to and mingle with the aspens.

Saw a fish hawk catch a fine trout and later saw one at a huge nest on a cliff.