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pages 432-433

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025hi http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,461
Title pages 432-433
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-26
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Description day's run for the uncertain purpose of trying them. At The Dalles City there is a reputed fishing place, in the Columbia, just off a point below the city. I spent several hours in a vain attempt to hook something at the point. After reaching Celilo Falls I confidently expected to spear or shoot salmon--something I had done in the past in Alaska and Western British Columbia—but, as already stated, the salmon run was over and fresh salmon was not fated to be an article of my diet on the trip....

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