RErORT AND JOURNAL. 



the pulverulent character of the soil of the valley to the west of the Se-day-e ran 



This valley, along the route, is quite a desert one, scattering greasewood and the w 

 sage being the principal growth. 



On reaching our camping-place, which 1 call the Middle Gate, Baw a naked I. id 

 Stretched out on the rocks at an angle of about 20 degrees. He was bo much of 

 color of the rocks as to escape our notice for some time. On being aroused lie loo] 

 a little astonished to see so many armed men about him, but soon felt assured (4 sal 

 by their kind treatment. He seemed particularly pleased when he saw the longstr 

 of wagons coming in, and laughed outright for joy. I counted twenty-seven rats ; 

 one lizard lying about him, which he had killed for food, lie had with him his ap 

 ances for making fire. They consisted simply of a piece of hard greasewood, aboi 

 feet Ion- and of the size or smaller than your little linger in cross-section. This i 

 rounded at the but. Then a second flat piece of the same kind of wood, 6 inches!. 

 by 1 broad and < thick. This second piece had a number of semi-spherical cavities 

 one of its faces. With this piece laid on the ground, the cavities uppermost, he plfl 

 the other stick between the palms of his hands, and with one end of the latter i 

 cavitv, and holding the stick in a vertical position, he would roll it rapidly forward; 

 !,.,<*", till the friction would cause the tinder, which he had placed againsl the foo 

 the stick in the cavity, to ignite. In this way 1 saw him produce lire in a few Becoi 



Baily reports o 

 pressivelv hot, 

 descended to a 



nlyonei 

 , and ev 

 lower lei 



person on the sick-list, 

 -el of altitude than we 



Mr Jaivic 

 ,t, from th 

 have experi 



enctltfanv 



r has be 

 time' ale 



3 have 



route. The m 

 eral face of the 



murrains. 



too, appear lower, and 



is very arid and forbid 



[ are entirel 

 ding. The 



^ntTha^har^ 



1 workt 



o pitch 



June 4, C< 



imp Xo. "■ 



n^nd.tlc Gatr.-YAcv; 



ition above 



the sea, 4,665 



feet. 1 



Mir the 



first time it wa 

 I could scarcel 

 Thermometer i 



:rB 



n last night that I slept 

 nyself warm enough w 

 ,38°. Morning clear 



ith all the 



ami pleasa 



bed-clothing 

 nt Moved a 



t G. 



urnew 



, tlie po mme ] of the Baddle. [mmediately after passing through Mi- 

 Gate strike southwestwardlv over a pulverulent prairie to a third gate, which we re 

 in 31 miles, and which I call the West Gate. It is also a gap in a " 



mountains running north and south. Afte 



olhe 



thirsty-looking, marly prairie, surrounded by low, ashy-looking mountains, u ith pass* s 

 between. In^5 miles get across this valley, and attain summit of a low ridge, whence 

 we descend to another shallow valley, altitude above the sea 4,090 feet, which I call 



