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CHAPTER XI.

The Palouse Country and Northern Montana.

From Pullman I made a pleasant trip to Uniontown, and drove, one fine May day, to Genesee, Idaho. It was a charming sight to pass through the immense wheat fields; the grain yields of this country are marvelous.

After I had made some pleasant acquaintances, I returned to Uniontown, Washington. From there I was driven to Lewiston, Idaho, a distance of nine miles. The last four miles of the way has a drop of over two thousand feet, and during the four miles Lewiston seemed right at our feet, on account of the road winding down the hill, snake fashion. At times the outlook seemed so dangerous that it caused

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