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be Otiüera grünten fonnte («§umfcotbt, Essai pol. 

 sur la Nouvelle-Espagne T. f. p. 127 — 13G). 

 JDiefe Oticl)tungen gaben meinem talentvollen unb fo 

 frü§ öerflorbenen Mitarbeiter, «§ertn ^riefen, für «Santa 

 8M 107° 58', mir nafy anberen Kombinationen 107° 13'. 

 ßnfolge nnrrTiel)er ajtronomifcfyer 33ejttmmungen fc^eint 

 bie n>a^re Sänge 108° 22'. 3)tc relative Sage beö 

 @tcinfatj*5tögeS in rot^em €>algtl)one (in thick strata 

 of red clay) füböftlid) öom infelreicfyen Great Salt 

 Lake (ber Saguua be Ximpanogo6), unfern be§ jetzigen 

 SortS Hormon unb beö VLtäfy * <&tt& , ift fcoUfommen 

 richtig auf meiner großen mericanifc^en Karte ange- 

 geben. 3d) barf mid) auf baö neuefie 3 cu 9 n i§ e i ne8 

 Sfteifenbcn Berufen, ber in btefer ©egenb bie erften ftcfye* 

 reu DrtSbefttmmungen gemacht l)at. »The mineral or 

 rock salt, of which a specimen is placed in Congress 

 Library, was found in the place marked by Hum- 

 boldt in his map of New Spain (northern half) as 

 derived from the Journal of the missionary Father 

 Escalante, who attempted (1777) to penetrate the 

 unknown country from Santa Fe of New Mexico to 

 Monterey of the Pacific Ocean. Sontheast of the 

 Lake Timpanogos is the chain of the Wha-satch 

 Mountains, and in this at the place where Humboldt 

 has written Monlagncs de sei gemmc, this mineral 

 is found.« (ftremont, Geogr. Mem. of Upper 



