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but the opposite ridge is enti 
among the pines, the hill side produces but little: grass—barely sufficient 
to keep lile in the animals. We had the pleasure to be rained upon this 
_ Rearly intoxicated.us-with delight ; and we hurried on, filled with exeite- 
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oak and om, through which ran rivulets closely borde 
s,,on which our half-starved horses fell with°avidity ; and here we 
i eneampment. Here the rparing torrent has already become a 
we had descended to an elevation of 3,864 feet. 
ong our road to-day the rock was a white granite, which appears to 
it upper part of the mountains on both the eastern and west 
ween, the central is a voleaniec rock. ; : 
as killed to-night, for food. 3 ; pee 
elieving that the difficulties of the road were passed,. 
. follow slowly, as the condition of the ani- 
is morning with a party of eight, consist. 
and Mr. Falbot, Carson, Derosier, Towns 
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