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Show HOMEWARD JOURNEY- Continued. BAXB. Sept. 8 " 4 _ - _ • CAOBI CATS and a tributary- The Care is in the bluffs, half a mile north of the road. Grass and sage plenty, and cedars on the bluffs. 8PMMIT- The hill is long, and in some places pretty steep; road smooth. TICLLOW CMIK- Camp No. 6- Half a mile below forks. A fine meadow on this creek, which is fringed with willows; no ! timber; stream 8 feet wide, and sharp banks- hill, to depend to thifl c* rop » steep* but smooth, and firm ground. THE NEIDLEB- High pointed rocks: buialtio masses of con-g] torncrate; cement* d pebblTO, Need 1 e Creek, a small rivulet ilmt joins Yellow Creek, is to be crossed near this point. 8fmniT between Yellow Creek and Bear River- The ascent and descent gentle and easy. The road should be carried to the south a half mile, through a lower level. BBAJL Rnrz*- Right bank ; ford on large pebbles ; current swift, and river 400 feet wide- depth variable. The bottom land is here half a mile wide, and the river banks covered with cotton wood. StTLPHxrx C a m - N e a r the crossing; creek 10 feet wide. An excellent spring of good watet on the south; and a short distance east, several strong sulphur springs. A bed of coal crops out in the bluff on the north side. About one mile south, there are the tar springs, where this substance can be gathered for greasing wagons, and is said to be beneficial for galled horses, ftc. Riv BABB- At the foot of the hill, called the " Rim of the Inter- Diftaaoe. 2.24 8.16 .56 1.46 .88 6.80 1.86 .94 1.98 4.29 Day'a * Mitch. 16.87 Total from Salt Las* City. 77.04 80.20 80.76 82.20 88.08 89.44 91.29 92.28 94.16 98.46 Latitude, 41° WW. Z 41° 08' 08". 2 Longltade. 111° 14' 18" 111° 01' 22" I |