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Cisco to Oregon and beyond to present a nearly straight, solid barrier to the sea, without openings, and we may well guess the joy of the old navigator on the discovery of these waters after so long and barren a search to the southward.

His description of the scenery—Mts. Baker, Rainier, St. Helens, etc.—were as enthusiastic as those of the most