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Show • 53 [ 24:1 ] plucr, the stream flows with a qt1ict current , unbroken l>y any rnpid , and i:; ubout ~l·ven ty yards wide uctweru the wall f;, which ri~e perpf' IHlicularly front the \\'1\!Cr. 'l'o llliH on the rirr/t t bank which is tiiC lower, the barometer ~ ' gave a heig-ht of thre' hundred and si xry feeL An nexed is a view of th is p lace, which will be more particul arly desc ribed hcrcafrer, as we passed thro11g-h it on our ret urn. We saw here OIIIYlNo us herds ofnwun!ain sheep, and fre'q uently heard the volley of rnrrl ing ~ton ·s which acc<Hllpanied th eir rapid Jf'~cen t down the stecp,h i ll~. 'rhi:; was 1 he fir<it place at \vhich we had kill ed any of f hcsc an imah;; nnd , in con ·ecprr nce of this circumsta nce, and of tltc abundance of these sheep or goars (for they arc call r.d by each name), we ga\·e to our encarnpmrnL by tlte name of Gt;at l ' li.tnd. Their fi t!sh is m11 ch c~r cemcd uy the lllullcr , und has very much the flavor of the All rga11y Motrn tain site p. I b~we freq uently rcn t.lte horns of th is Ullimnl . . three feet lorw., and ~even tren inches Hl CJrcun tfer nee at the bnsc, weig hin(T d (~ vcn pounds. But two or rhrce of these \verc kill ed by our parry a1 thi8 place, and of rhese the horns were small. 'l'hc use of th ese horns serm to be to protect the <lllimal's head in pitching down preci pices to avoid pursuin (T wolv<'s- thcir onl y safe ty being in places where they can not ue followed. 'rhe hones arc v ·ry strong nnd solid , the marrow occupying but a very sntail po rtion of the hone in the leg, about the thickness of a rye ~traw. The hai r is short, re emblin (T the winter color of our cornrnon drcr, which it nearly approac hes in izc and nppen runcc. E xcept in the horn , it has no res 'mblance whatever to rhe goat. The long itude of th is place, rc ·ulting from <.:hronornetcr and lunar distance~, and an occ ultat ion of a Arieris i~ 107° :l7' '27'', and the la!itnde 42° 33' '27". One of our hor es, which had given our , we left to receive strength on the island , intend ing to take her, perltap , on our return . July 3 L.- This morning we left the cour.'e of the Plalle to cross over to t.he Swe t \Vate r. Our way for a few mil s lay up rlw. andy ueJ of a dry c reek , in wh ich I found several i11t r re ting- plants. Leaving th i:; we wound our way to the surwnit of the hi ll~, of wh ich the peak arc here eight hun(] red feet above 1 he Platte, bare and rocky. A lorrg and grnd ual slope led from th ese hills to the wcet \Vater, wh ich we reach ... d in fi fteen miles from Goat I sland. I nJnde an ea rly encampment hert, in order ro give the hunte rs nn opportunity to proc ure a s11 pply from severn! band · of buffalo, which. made th eir appearan ce in the vaiiPy ncar by. The strearu h ' re is about sixty feet wid', and at' this time twelve to eighteen inches deep, wi th a \'cry modc rate curr ' Ill. The adjoining- prairie are sandy ; but the inunediate ri v r bottorn is a good soil , wh ich a£10:-dcd nn abundance of soft ~ret' n grass 10 our hor~ s, and where I found a varie ty of int eresting plants, which made 1heir appearance for the first tirn c. A rain to -night made it unpl<'asan rly cold · and th t' re was no tree h ere to enable tiS to pi tch our si ngle tent, I he pole ' of whic,lt had been left nt ()ache camp . \Ve fwd , thcrefon', no ·heltcr except what was to be found the cover of the ubsintlte bu he , wlt iclt grew in ruany th it;k patches, one or two and sometirn rs tlnce feet h1g h. A tt[{ust 1.- 'rlle h tllt tcrs went nhcacl this morn i n~, a unffalo n ppcarcd tolerably nb undant, and I wa de, irot l:-> to ~ec tll'f" a Slllilll , tock of provi$iou~, ancl we mov0d a bout ~even mile np the vallry. and encamped one mi le helow Rock £n depcndcnce. Thi is an isoln.teJ g rani te rock, about six hundr ed aucl ti ity yards long-, and forty in hcig hr. 8xcept in a <..lcprcssion ()f the summit, where a little soil supports a scanty g rowth of shru bs, with a. • |