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range for its cattle. Between this island and the shore the 

 lake is fordable, so that the stock can be driven over in safety. 

 There they were left until the rich grass on the island had 

 put them in good condition, when they ^Yere driven across the 

 mountains to California, where they w^ere sold at remunera- 

 tive prices; the proceeds going into the coffers of the Church, 

 a large portion of whose revenue came from this source. The 

 edge of the lake is shallow and rocky for some distance, when 

 w^e come to a hard sand bottom, and the color of the water 

 deepens from green to dark blue. In some places along the 

 rocky beach the salt collects in such quantities that it can be 

 shoveled up by the wagon-load and hauled away for domestic 

 use. Saleratus-whitened bottoms abound along the borders 

 of the lake, over which are scattered pools of stagnant water. 



