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(18 1861 Sept 10 Tues 16th Enc 5th D 33 D out opposite to where I started to cross. I then made across the plain to the [[strikethrough]] River [[/strikethrough]] side on bank of the big river. There I found much water pouring, roaring, tumbling down over boulder rocks widely spread out for a river's bottom. Some considerable of the distance this river is hemmed in by high banks of fine sand - the rivers course serpentine till lost away up in the mountain pass. As I could not prolong my walk on account of enfeebled body I made for the Sand hill where the rivers empty their waters together into the narrow Bay that makes up there. As I was making up the incline leading to top of this small hill, I found the ground [[underlined]] blue! [[/underlined]] A bright azure! [[underlined]] Blue [[/underlined]] with [[underlined]] blue-berries! [[/underlined]] I do not recollect in my life of such a sight before! The berries were ripe - all ripe - plump & large! I craved a feast of this kind. I had it to the satisfaction of the 'in-man'. The berries needed but little crushing in the 'hand-mill' as they were in such ripe order that they would almost dissolve as they were passed to the mouth. I found a very expeditious