292 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



others, and, when discovered, was greedily de- 

 vouring a human arm. 



A good deal of fine scenery about the summit 

 is shut out by snow-sheds, of which there are 

 some forty miles completed. 



Descending from the Sierra Nevada moun- 

 tains, the line traverses in succession the forty- 

 mile desert, the valley of the Humbolt river, 

 and the great American desert to Ogden, where 

 passengers who wish to visit Salt Lake City 

 have to change. 



From Ogden to the city is two hours by rail, 

 the line skirts along the borders of the great 

 Salt Lake for thirty or forty miles, passing many 

 beautiful and thriving villages, and giving one 

 a view of the lake on the one hand, and the 

 Wasatch Mountains on the other. 



The city is pleasantly situated at the foot of 

 this range, it is exceedingly pretty, and the 

 streets are broad and clean, with rows of trees 

 on either side. There are several good hotels, 

 some kept by Mormons, others by " Gentiles," 

 as those who are not Mormons are designated. 



