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Utah, and Fort Douglas. 
Parleys Canyon is the second one south 
of the fort and the next one south of Emigration Canyon. 
The canyon is narrow and somewhat winding and in its lower part 
is rather rugged and rocky. 
The red sandstone and quartzite which 
form so conspicuous a feature of the Wasatch Range show on the 
left, but in a short distance they are cut through by the canyon, and 
then they make the great mountain slope on the right. 
The rock 
is resistant to weathering and stands out in great cliffs and ribs of 
red that cross the slope nearly at right angles. 
Farther up, the 
by the embankment of the Southern 
Pacific Co. and is fou pio pase sup- 
plied with fresh water by Bear River. 
Ice can form on the ibid brine 
b this arm 
is ozen from side to side every 
winter, and sleighs have been driven 
ross it. 
“The only climatic element with 
y any change of climate which affects 
the rate of evaporation. As every 
laundress well knows, evaporation is 
favored by heat, by dryness of the air, 
and by strength of wind and is re 
tarded by cold, by moisture in the air, 
may Sicnio fash lake to expand or con- 
tract. 
“The as permanent animal inhab- 
itant of Great Salt Lake is a tiny 
‘brine shrimp,’ a pai hee an inch in 
its 
place pote behind it the discarded 
kin. se flies are so numerous in 
their season ars even the passing tour- 
ist should feel grateful that they do 
rative denizens are gulls and pelicans, 
which find safe nesting ground on some 
of the smaller islands. There are no 
shoal-water plants, and the salt spray 
of the beach is fatal to all land vege- 
tation along the shores 
“When the lake is low its salt is 
ydrated sodiu 
salt) coat piles "aad other fixed objects 
near the water surface, and the de- 
posits bacon as the 
alls. C 
the mineral constituting estone 
travertine, and chalk—is Bos 
and permanently separated from the 
water, which is unable to retain that 
which is brought to it by the rivers 
quite distinct om vit siliceous sand 
impedimen than 
vad pecs of initio er’s salts, whikt 
it offers for the gathering, are neg- 
lected because the world’s demand is 
small and is cheaply met in other ways. 
ed th 
are easily excluded, and the work of 
evaporation is performed by the sun. 
e present annual output of 40,000 
tons must be multiplied treo be- 
fore it can commence the 
man is snatatit to 
realize a New sensation as he floats 
upon its surface.” 
