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 pushing out from the mountains seek more moist situations, but a little further south the s mingle with the s in dryer situations and also appear on rocky ridges, as at. The line is sharply drawn. They do not encroach at all upon the lower part of the valleys, which are open, brushless meadows, with occasional sharply defined patches of brush. A few miles before reaching trees disappear to some extent from the valleys. The rocks to NW of R.R. are abrupt and carved into turrets and monuments. Do not recognize the formation. is right up against the foothills, but does not seem an attractive place. The foothills appear to be Dakota sandstone. Only birds recognized to