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pages 136-137

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025bq http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,283
Title pages 136-137
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-12
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Description River, but had no success. The next morning, with an empty boat, I rowed the two miles up Bush River against a rather stiff current, and then wound my way up the crooked outlet of the lakes. Fishing all day, without even getting a nibble, I returned in disgust to my camp. The place was a hotbed of mosquitoes, and in the morning I broke camp, and with four miles of good going reached Surprise Rapids. Just above Surprise Rapids the Columbia doubles its width and has little current. At the head...

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