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pages 210-211

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025db http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,348
Title pages 210-211
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-14
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description the Columbia River at Marcus, in the United States. From where I first saw this railway Lower Arrow Lake turns gradually to the left, soon has an almost due east course, which it maintains to Castlegar. As I kept down the right hand shore the railway rapidly descended, and before Castlegar was reached was close to the water. That night I slept in a clump of willows' on a low, flat beach, and as no boughs were obtainable was certainly glad to have the mattress. At noon of September 18th I...

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