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Show June JO 16 July 5 6 7 9 The tiver fell one inch l.\st utght and five ttnd "' half yesterday; it appears to be falling fast, and in the course of a few days will be as low as it was when we first arrived here: it is now about six feet lower than it has been. On the top of the hill~ the dog·-tooth violet is ju!;t i~t bloom, grass about two inches high; small hucldcbcrry just putting forth its leaves. Strawberries ripe at the Quamash flats; they are but small and not abundant. The quamash and stt·awberric~ arc just beginning to bloom at the flats 011 the head or the Kooskooskec rivet·. The sunflower is ~d~o just beginning to bloom, which is two rnonths later than those on the sides of the western mountams ncar the falls of the Columbia. A dew this rooming; the nights arc cool; the musquetoes arc troublesome until :.t little after dark when the air becomes cool, and the musquctoes disappear. I aniverl in an open plain in the middle of which a violent wind from the northwest accompanied with hard rain lasted from fom· until half past fi-ve P.M. Quamash in those plains at the heau of Whulom river is just beginning· to bloom, and the grass 1s about s1x inchc~ high. A small shower of rain at 4 this morning was companied with wind from the S.S.W. A heavy shower of rain was accompanied with wind from the southwest ft·om fout· to five P.M. Last night it was vet·y cold and wind hard from the northeast; the river 1s twelve inches higher than it was lust summer; there is more 5BOW on the adjacent mountains than was at that time. A large white fro st last night; the air extremely cold; icc three quartcr·s of an inch tltick 011 ~t anding water. Ju ly I I 17 20 22 26 28 'VOL. JJ. ~ippcntl ix. 5.21 A slight frost last night; the a11· cool; the musquctoes retired a little after dark, and did not return until about an hour after sunrise. A heavy shower of rain accompanied with hail, thunder and lightning at 2 A.M. with hard wind from the southwest; after the shower was ove1· it cleared away and became fair. The river Rochejhonc falls about half an inch in twenty-four hours, and becomes nlll ch clearer than above. The grasshoppers arc extremely numct·ous, and have destroyed every species of grass from one to ten miles above on the river, and a great distance back. A few drops of rain last nig-ht at dark, the cloud appC'arccl to hang to the southwest: wind blew hanl from difl'erent points from five to eight P. l\1. at which time it thundered an lightened. Th' river by eleven A.M. to-day had risen fifteen inches, and the water was of a milky white colour. The river has fallen within the last twenty-four hours seven inches. The wind ·was violent from the southwest for about three hours last night, from one to three A. M. River falling a little; it is six feet lower than the highest appearance of its rise; rained from three to fou1· P.M. but slightly; the wind violent from the southwest. Several showers of rain with hard wind from the south and southwest the fore part of the day. The brooks on each side are high and the water muddy. A slight showe1· this morning with hard wind from the southwest. The river falling but very slowly, one inch in twenty-four hout·s. A few drops of rain a little before daylight. River still falling a little. Sx |