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An express returned from the spy-guard, which ported all clear 
in front. - Captain Cook and Mr. Liffendorfer have only reached 
the Canadian river. It was reported to me that, at Captain Sum- 
ner’s camp, about 7 miles above where we encamped last night, 
and 12 miles from the summit, an immense field of coal crops out; 
the seam being 30 feet deep. To-night our animals were refreshed. 
with good grass and water. 
Nine observations on polaris. give, for the latitude of the place, 
37 00’ 21". - 
Seven on arcturus, in the west, and 7 on alpha aquilz, in the 
east, give the chronometric longitude 6A. 57m. 01.353. ; 
Height above the sea, 7,169 feet. 
. August 7, camp 36.—We recommenced the ascent of the Raton, 
which we reached with ease, with our wagons, in about two miles. 
The height of this point above the sea, as indicated by the barom- 
_» wards saw so much in‘this country. As we dre near, the view 
is wee, ae the glass. The mountain appears to be forme 
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For two days our way was strewed with flowers; exhilarated by 
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