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Rh one to hold one's breath, but I held on to the carriage seat instead. When I left Uniontown I had on quite a heavy wrap, but before reaching Lewiston the heat seemed almost unbearable.

This town is where the Clearwater empties into Snake river. Boats run on the Snake river to Riparia, connecting with the Oregon Railway & Navigation line, and a branch of the Northern Pacific connects with the main line to Spokane. Winter here is a most charming season, and the long sunny days of summer are succeeded by cool nights. Aided by irrigation, immense quantities of fruit are raised yearly. Across the Snake river, which is spanned by a long steel bridge, is the town of Clarkston, Washington, with Asotin a short distance up the river. These are fruit sections. Southeast on