40 
hills I noticed cnet of 
granite containing magnetic iron fir. 
tude of the pane was 109° 37° 59", , and lati- 
tude 42° 273 
19.-We made our noon 
The ~~ 
of a bro 
in detritus Of tien nei ng 
Strata of the milky quartz Copuaed 
nine were scattered about, con- 
n Sandy 
yg parti-colored sand, exhibit- 
irpments fifty to eighty feet high. 
had a severe st 
of the country traversed 
sand 
a 
-e 
a 
oo 
which are displayed consist of decomposing 
granites: which awe the brown sand of 
ich the face untry i 
sp considerable “depth 
ir ats 
and pure, and the morning e 
but beautiful. 
CAPT. FREMONT’S yay 
alt thi 
on Big Sandy, another tributary of Green 
rose: before pile upon 
-|in the bright light sa ve August 
mediatel y the 
unrise is clear | ¢ 
[1842. 
find bold, broad streams, with three or four 
feet — and a rapid current. The fork 
on which we are encam 
un 
way upa unexpected- 
ly in view of a most beautiful lake, set like 
a gem in the mountains. sheet of 
ter lay transversely across rec 
n_ pursuing ; oe oe the 
ridge, w essary to 
- | steep, rocky ri wher 
lead our horses, we followed | its ‘aadie to the 
re a view of the ut~ 
moun- 
pile, glowing 
a Im- 
tely below them lake, between 
two ridges, ans aie per k i 
main chain to the s 
well 
*“ Never before,” reuss, “in this 
b ] 
e a or in Europe, have I se ~ suc 
nificent, gran much 
aon, with the beauty of the eosin that I 
determi ke camp here, 
dled our animals would 
explore the wit 
party of men. agate a little further, 
we came sudd pon the outlet of the 
at 
fifty feet wide, and aimee 
with difficulty we were able to ford it. Its 
ulation _ bo 
