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Show rr 2 nous ( xaxufall rainfall ) ; ( "but but but ) the cutting in ( tins this ) country is straight down . ( R . 1310-1311 . ) . Where you ( have bave ) those all native heavy ( saaid- saaid sa'lid salid ) stones and shale you have got the sandstone ( stand staud- staud ) ( ing ijig ) out on the Colorado and ( 011 on ) the Green River side as pronounced ( escarpments escarpnients ) , and with the exception ( of bf ) two or three places are inaccessible ; there is one Of those above the other , a series of ( them thein ) ( separated separtattud ) ( "by by by ) shale slopes . ( R , . 1311 . ) Such geological ( formations forinations ) contribute to a ( car- car ) tain extent to the silt in the Colorado and the Green Rivers . The heavy ( sandstones saudstones ) are not eroded , but between the ( sandstones saiidstones ) are thick strata of red shale , which will erode very easily , and can be carried ( in hi ) the streams down the steep descent by torrential rains . ( R . 1311 . ) Coming southwest ( from frol-ii frolii ) Thompson the road forks , one road going west to Greenriver and one south to Moab . At the forks of the road is the post office or ( ranch ralich ) and reservoir known as Valley City . In there there is ( marine inarine ) shale at the surface , which is all covered ( with ivith ) a slight deposit of ( wind-blown windblown wind-blowii windblowii ) material ; that is flat , nearly flat , and ( very -N7ery N7ery ) ( rolling -Olling Olling ) ; but as you proceed southwest from there you get into very rugged country , with high sandstone - buttes , mesas , ( and aild ) cap rock , over which is deposited a loose and very thin deposit of ( wind-blown windblown ) sand . There may be a deposit of sand in one place ( to-day today ) , and not be there ( to-morrow tomorrow ) . The vegetation on this flat southwest of ( Thomp Thonip- Thonip ) son is a little plant that he does not know the ( name iikainc- iikainc ) |