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Indians resort to these old houses. to look for,trinkets of shelley 
anda = green ‘stone which I think is nothing more than 
od o> antique 
t 12.0 clock, after giving our horses a last watering, we started 
off in a southwestern direction to turn the southern foot of the 
range of hills pointing to the Salt river. Five miles brought us 
into a grove of the pitahaya, which had yielded a plentiful supply 
of fruit to the Indians. Our way was over a plain of granitic 
sand, ascending gradually and almost imperceptibly. After leay- 
.ing the pitahaya, there was no growth except the EATS Mexicana, 
~ ane ceasionally, at long intervals, an acacia or ing 
- We. travelled till long after dark, and dropped oorae in a dust 
hole near two large green-barked acacias. There was not a sprig 
of grass or a drop of gee and during the whole night the mules 
kept up a piteous cry for b 
There was nothing but the offensive Jarrea, which even mules walt 
not touch, when so hungry as to eat with avidity the dry twigs of 
sel other stubs and trees. As soon as the moon ros es a. m. 7 
_ the bugle sounded to horse, and we were up and piirettig oi our way. 
_ <A little after sunrise, we had wae the summit and were fcind, 
ing towards the Gila. This summit was formed by a range of © 
granite hills running ii a and standing in pinnacles. 
: s the sun mounted, the mirage only seen once before since 
ie es the plains of the Arkansas, now began to distort the dis- 
{ mepountains, which every where Dogaded the horizon, into many 
atastic shapes. The morning was sharp and bracing, and I was 
= xcessively hungry, having given my.breakfast, consisting of two 
iscuits, to my still more “hungry mule. Iwas describing to Mr. 
er how much more pleasant it would be ie. be jogging into 
ieton after a fox hunt, with the prospect o f a hot breakfast, 
n up rose to our astonished view, on the north side of the Gila, 
yerfect areas of the capitol, with dome, wings, and 
Scan, Tt remained for full siwenty minutes with 
) igtahe otuine perfect, van it dwindled down into a 
: oa bask to the Gila, kane course, marked by the 
n rool could be easily traced. It looked much nearer. 
was. We reached it after making ferty miles from 
vol yesterday 
Or brutes. are so hungry they would drink no water, but 
‘k on the young willows.and cane. After letting them 
utes, we moved down the river five miles farther, to 
seunapiapaseh of paspalum grass, shaded by the 
is. 
and pros 
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n star ‘to-night, the planet saturn. 16 circum-meridian 
darlesso! saturn and 9 altitudes of polaris give the latitude of the 
camp 35° 59’ 22’, and the longitude given ‘by the od apes seh is 
112° 50’ 01”. : 
J er 15.—In vo morning: the emt 3 found t 
[ by the 45 mil es journey math oat food or ¥ 
re with dust, I took a large object for any 
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