JOUENEYINGS OF FATHER ESCALANTE IN 1776. 495 



Notes to the above description : 



(«) Escalante's stated latitudes are not to be depended on: his observations must 

 have been made with very rough instruments. His courses and distances, however, 

 are remarkably accurate when compared with our maps. 



(b) Escalante's courses appear to be magnetic. The variation at the present day 

 is about 17° east. 



(c) This was probably the Timpanogos River of the present day. The others 

 have various names, such as Spanish Fork, Salt Creek, &c. — P. H. 



Philip Harry, 

 Bureau of Topographical Engineers, Washington, D. C. 



