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separated by saddles In which outcrops of cfetace. us shales my 
be seen- Indeed shales may be seen frequently on the slopes of 
the mountains. There are at least four of these masses. The 
trachyte does not outcrop greatly, being moderately hard and horn- 
ogenuous, but the slopes are steep and slide covered and frequently 
grassed and on the north faces covered with a growth of pines. 
Trees of a large slz# appear near the summit of the highest point* 
West and southwest winds seem to prevail, as the base shattered 
and stunted trunks of the higher timber testify. In protected 
spots are groves of aspens, and low about the base there are dens© 
jungles of cherry oak and willow>- On the gentle slopes about the 
base are groves of scattering yellow pines and considerable areas 
of pinonaj also much good grass * There is no game and but little 
water - not enough to suggest the idea of irrigation,even difset¬ 
tlement should be thought of. Mad© most of my sketches while 
in the saddle, as the snow was deep and cold and by noon we were • 
ready to descend. At one o 1 clock we had reached camp and wore 
packed up and off - homeward bound, not at all sorry to leave an 
uninteresting place which had caused us so much anxiety and trou¬ 
ble. Cur camp was on the crei, shales by a spring. Ho*I dipped 
beneath the surface at the base of the hog back and appeared in 
the deeper washes two or three miles below * ’There will be quite 
a little area of shales just above the eastern base of the group 
and west of the Monte cum Canon. Crossed-the Indian trail about. 
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half way between camp and the llonteaum; -Io*i had passed. The I 
ground was very wot and traveling was heavy* Camped some 20 
miles out without water, near the Utah line* j 
