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fair state of preservation, but the inhabitants had gone long 
ago, and no help could be hoped for in this direction. Most 
of the men now became thoroughly discouraged at the dismal 
prospect and wished to abandon immediately and entirely the 
enterprise, but Stanton was not of that mind. The difficulties 
showed him how hard it would be to do this part over again, 
and he resolved to stay and finish the work as far as possible 
now. His first assistant, Hislop, G. W. Gibson, the coloured 
cook, and the coloured steward, H. C. Richards, volunteered to 
stand by him, and the next morning the eleven others pushed 
on, leaving a boat for these five to follow with. For six days 
this determined little crew worked along at the rate of about 
four miles a day, with a ration of one small scrap of bread, a 
little coffee, and some condensed milk for breakfast and sup¬ 
per, and three lumps of sugar for dinner. Stanton says there 
was not a murmur of discontent from the men “carrying the 
survey over the rocks and cliffs on the side of the canyon, 
and handling the boat through the rapids of the river. At 
night, when they lay down on the sand to sleep, after a meal 
that was nine-tenths water and hope and one-tenth bread and 
coffee, it was without complaint.” Relief was had on the sixth 
day, when they met a boat being towed up with provisions. 
This was near the end of Narrow Canyon, At one point in 
the lower part of the gorge they passed a place where, on a 
rock surface about six feet above the level of the water, they 
saw the inscription, “D. JULIEN—1836.” They thought it 
could have been cut only from a boat or raft, and concluded 
that it was done by a party of Canadians which they heard had 
tried to explore this country at that early day. This is possi¬ 
ble ; or it may have been one of the band of missionaries which 
Farnham mentions as having started down the canyons and 
never again being heard of, though some one may have gone 
in at Millecrag Bend and worked their way as far as this.* At 
Dandy Crossing, the party rested a few days, the boats were 
repaired, and fresh supplies of food purchased. They met 
near here Jack Sumner, of PowelFs first party. From this 
place to the head of Marble Canyon, the mouth of the Paria, 
it is plain and easy going, at least for any one who has been 
^ There seem to be two Julien inscriptions, another near lower end of Labyrinth. 
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