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Show soil around them is a white, tenacious clay, probably fit for potters' ware; hence the n~nne of "glaise," which the French hunters have bestowed upon most of the licks, frequented by the beasts of the forest, many of which exhibit no saline impregnation. The :first two miles from the river camp is over level land of the second rate quality; the timber chiefly oak, intermixed with other trees common to the climate, and a few scattering pines. Further on, the lands, on either hand rise into gently swelling hills, covered\' ith handsome pine woods. The road passet1s along a valley frequently wet by the- numerous rills and springs of excellent water which issue from the foot of the hills. Near the hot springs the hills bccmne more elevated, steeper of ascent and rocky. T'hey are here called mountains, although none of thetn in view exceed four or five hundred feet in altitude. It is said that mountains of more than five times the elevation of these hills are to be seen in the north-west, towm·ds the sources of the Washita. One of them is called the glass, chrystal, or shining 1nountain, fron1 the vast number of hexagonal prisms of very transparent and colourless chrystal which are found on its surfllce; they are generally surmounted by pyramids at one end, rarely on both. These chrystals do not produce a double refraction of the rays of light. Many searches have been made over these mountains for the precious metals, but it is believed without success. At the hot springs they found an open log cabin, and a few huts of split boards, all calculated for summer encampment, and which had been erected by persons resorting to the springs for the recovery of their health. They slightly repaired these huts, or cabins, for their accommodation during the titne of their detention at the springs, for the purpose of examining them and the surrounding country; and tnaking such asu:onomical observations as \Yere necessary for asccrtawing their geographical position. 14.5 . It. is understood that the hot . . Withm a grant of some ll 1 . l springs are Included I~ te S . . u nc I ec acres g t I b pamsh con1mandcmt of the W ' . ran e<. y the his friends, but it is not believed J ashna, to SOine of was tver issued for the ]· . ~lata regular patent that residence with . p ctce' and It cannot be asserted l . ' Improveinent he. ~ c ann the land upon. 1 c, orn1 a plea to On their ~1rrinll they im1 1"· of the hot SI1rino·s th·tt . , nJ. cc lct~ely tasted the \Vaters .c • • b' ' , Is, a ter a 1cw m' . 10r 1t was 1mpos~ible to .1 r . . mutes coolmg, first taken lll) witl10Lit' ~~ lod~ch It \\'Ith the lips when dI'Lurc r fi·om tha' t of o·ood sea. lllOb" .. tl le ua ste c1 o es not nJry fire. b water rendered hot by culi- . On the 1Oth they visited all the ho . Issue on the cast side of th . ll t spnngs. They CXCC[1t one SJWinc.r ''I . le v.a ey' where the huts are b' llC 1 l'l SCS o tJ ' the creek, from the sicle l r 1l le west bank of h II s anc lOOt of a h'll F ~he sma quautity of calcarious matter ~·et 'd. .rom . e western spring docs not a c c J • c>posited, mg: a natural conduit probabf ar to be of long stand-or the cr~ek, ~:nd supplies it. y t~~ses under the ~ed Cipnl spnngs nsin()" in1tned· t ·1 ere are four pnnthe creek one of b' .1 · h Ia e Y 011 the cast bank of ' ' 1IC ffi'lY be . tl . out of the gravel bed of tl" I a 1cr smd to spring o· tl I 1C run . a fifth 11 .'1e 1an t 1at above tncntione l ' ~ . ' a sma er side of the creek. and a . I c' as nsmg on the west the most northc;·Iv 'l;1cfi~t :' of the same nlagnitude, creek: these are :l{l t,l .nsmg near the bank of the of spr.m gs, near th' e hn1ct "s ources thn' ..L . mcn· t t 11C name one below, and all alon:' ~~t~t thct;e Is a considerable tcr oozes out or d ~' mten als, the warm wa~ as appears fr~nl th~ops Jom the bank into the creek the marO'in of the c. cokn elnsecl vapour floatinb()" alon: T h 1 ee · w 1ere th 1 • • <;) . he hill from which th 1 c c.nppi.ngs o~cur. comcal form tcnni . t' c lOt spnngs Issue Is of a fragments of' roci~ n,l Ing: at the top with a few loose £e-· et.m. di. ameter. \.' Aclothv cnn·lg a flat c ' space t\\'enty-five comcal it is not entire] . ?ng l the figure of the hill is the ncighborinO" 1 ·u )Insulated, but connected " ·ith n li s )y a very narrow ridn·e Tl 19 .., . le |