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The Johnson Pass is used by most of the travel and traffic 
between Sacramento and Utah; the Henness Pass lies east of 
Marysville, and is used by the people of that neighborhood ; 
and the Cajon de las Uvas is used by travellers between the 
San Joaquin vailey and the Los Angeles district. 
§ 14. Lakes of the Sierra.—The Sierra Nevada has few’ 
lakes. The most notable one is Lake Bigler, about twenty 
miles long and ten wide, and six thousand feet above the level 
of the sea, in latitude 39°, and on the eastern border of the 
state. Part of the lake is in Utah. Its waters flow eastward 
into Truckey River. Jn the eastern part of Nevada county 
there is a group of two dozen lakes, called the Eureka Lakes ; 
the largest are three miles long and a mile wide. 
§ 15. Plateau of the Sierra Nevada.—About latitude 40°, 
the Sierra Nevada seems to divide or to fork—one branch run- 
ning northward, in the line of the main chain ; the other north- 
westward, to Mount Shasta. Between these two branches, 
and between 40° and 42°, is a high table-land or plateau, about 
one hundred and twenty miles long, and five thousand feet 
above the ocean-level. This plateau is an independent basin, 
and its waters never leave it, but flow into a few lakes, where 
they are swallowed up in the sands. The district bears a 
strong resemblance in many of its features to the Great Basin 
of Utah, with which it should perhaps be classed. The main 
stream is Susan River, which, after a course of forty miles in 
an eastward direction, empties into Honey Lake, which is 
twelve miles long by five wide—or was, for in 1859 the lake 
dried up, and again dried up in 1860. The lake, when full, 
was shallow, with thick, yellowish water, of a saline taste. 
Northwestward from Honey Lake, and distant thirty miles 
from it, is Hagle Lake, about half the size of the other. The 
land is barren, and the vegetation scanty. Pit River starts in 
the northeastern corner of the state, and breaks through the 
plateau. North of the river are Wright Lake and Rhett Lake, 
within five miles of the Oregon line; and Goose Lake and Low- 
er Klamath Lake, partly in Oregon and partly in California. 
