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Show WARM MNEEAL SPEINGS. 233 The last twenty miles of this day's work, has had a .decidedly bad effect on our animals. My mule has been in-harness yesterday and to-day, to assist the Mormon lady. One might, as it were, see the flesh go off his body-he has lost at least thirty pounds in the last forty-eight hours. One of our horses gave out, and was shot on the road, a wagon also broke down and was left on the road. On examining the spring, I found it to be strongly impregnated with sulphur and iron; it is a very pleasant mineral water, although very warm; the thermometer indicated a temperature of 90,° while, when exposed to the atmosphere, it sunk to 65°-at six o'clock, P. M. 2d.-Our road, during the last twenty miles, lay along the dry bed of a creek, until we came to a high range of volcanic rock, where we pushed our way through an intricate pass to the spring which is on the road, immediately after emerging from the canon. The ground on which the spring is situated, is rather elevated, the earth is elastic to the tread, and almost any where near it, you can get water by digging eighteen inches. This water is also slightly impregnated with iron. |