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es 
- vache; whichis very-plentifale At} 
was at 25. 235. chats Geched a ermometer 60° 
4 
ur camp 4 this Spruit, the. barometer 
through a deep. blne sky, with a light wind. from ee west. After a ride 
of twelve miles, ina northerly direction, over a ‘plain covered with innu- 
-merable « quantities of cacti, we reached rornall creek inewhich there was 
water,and where several herds of buffalo were scattered about among the 
tavines, which always afford geod pasturage. We'seem now to be pass- 
ing along the base of a plateau of the Black hills, in which the formation 
consists of marls, some of them white and laminated ; the country to _the 
left eens suddenly, and falling off gradually and uniformly to the tight. 
€or six miles of a northeasterly course, we siruck a high ridge 
abieos into cenical peaks, on whose summits large boulders were gathere 
in heaps. The magnetic direction of the ridge is northwest. and south- 
east, the glittering white of its precipitous sides making it visible for many 
miles to the south. Tt is Composed of a soft earthy limestone and mals 
a 
' Fesembling that, hereafter described, in the wily. Worke hy of the Chimasy 
bes were falls, from the bench above. It mao 4 in-by high. perpen- 
war banks, ins which: were” Strata_of white Jamies mari. Its. bed 
erfec 
of” feast bic aridity, and pertect freedom. aa Arent In abou 
Six miles we crossed the bed of another dry creek ; and, ‘continuing our 
ride over a high level prairie, a little before sundown w we came suddenly 
“upon a beautiful ereek, which revived us with a feeling of delighted sur- 
prise by the pleasant contrast of the deep verdure of its banks. with: the 
pareher desert we had passed. We had suffered much to-day, both men 
and horses, for want of w water; having met with it but once in our upin- 
terrupied march of forty miles, . and an exclusive meat. diet treates. muagp 
‘thirst. 
i estias a Piuche dambr 
aid 5 Ba 
fa sag tambien, 
ifn said the young g Spaniard ingir- 
. ere.” > Ast 
rend to increase constantly i in aicialea. ot to. the indica- 
son if Ete be dpromeleta x we were at our. mehvincatagli mA. fect OROUee be 
