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Show ( ) I I I I 11 [ 24!3 ] strenm, on n ~pot chosru with the custonwry Tndi:m fondness for beauty of scenery. The J>awne s lwd attacked it in the ('arly ~pting. • omc of tlw house::; were butnt, and others l>lackC'ned with flmo kc. nnd wreds were alrrady getting pos esRiotl of tlJC clrarrd places. Hiding up the Vennillion riv~r, I reached the ford in titne to lllcct the carts, and ·ro:-:si11g, rnnunped on t it-; western side. Tlte weather contilltte!l cool, tltc tl!r.n·llolll t<"'l' being tltis cveniiJg ns low as tj~)0 , hut the night wns ~ uf1iciently clrar for a ·tronomtcnl obse rvations, which plncrd us in longiltl(le ~1()0 ;~()' 110'' nnd latitude 39° 15' I D". At ~unset. the barometer wns at 2~ ,S1G, ti!NmonH'ter ()<1° . \Ve brcakfn8ted tlte next morninL; nt ltalf past five, nnd left 011r cnctullpment :.u ly. The morning was ·ool, lite tl1 erntometn bring at 1! !) 0 . Quittin~ the ri ver hottont, the rond rnn alon~ the uplands O\'f'r a rollit tq; country, generally in view of the Knmm ~, fron1 eight to (\\·<·h·e mile.; distant. J\1any larg t~ boulder:-> of a very rotltpacl sand:tone of vnrious shadrs of red, some of thrrn fnur or Jive tons in weight., \Yc~re srnt ll'rrd along the hills; nnd tnany bcnnlifut plants in flow·er, anwng wlti ·It the rflnorphn caJieSr'('JIS wns a chinnctc•ri tic, Cnlivell<'d lite green of the pruiti('. )\t the lH'nds of tilt' ravines f rcnWrkccl occnsionnlly thickets of saLi.?: lon_!.tffolin, the lll O~ l common willow or tiH' co u11try. \Ve travelled niiH'I rcn tllil<'f:, and pit cll r<l o11r trnt~ i1l cv<·ning on the hend waters of a Slltall crr(•k, now twarly dry, but having in its bed H'Vend Jinc , prings. The lwromciN indicated a ron ·id('mlde ri;:;c• in the country - ht'IC about fourtc<'n ltundn·d feet nho\'e tlte ~ t·a i\IHI the increa~cd ('1('vnlion <lppcarcd already to h<ne sonw slight intluenrc upon the vrgntiltion 'l'llC night was cold, will1 a ltcnvy d<'\\', the tll<'l'lllOlltelcr ilt ten st;uHlin~· at. 116°, 1Jaro111ctcr 2L,'I ):J. Our position was in longitude ~HP 4. 1 0:)'', iltHl lutit1tdc :3~) 0 :30' 110". The morning or the 20!1t wna fitlc, with a· SOltllH·rly hrcn>:e and n bright sky, and at 7 o'ciock we were on the ntarch. 'I'I H' country to·dn.y \\' ac:; tnthcr more broken, ri ·ing !:=!t ill, iHHI covered <'vrry where with fr<tg·m<'ttl.' of s iliceow; limestone, particularly on the sltlnln ii ', wllC'rc tlw_r were small, and thickly strew<'d as prl>h les on tlte shorr of th' c.:1·a. In tllrsr <'XJ .O~c·cl situations grew but few plan1s; though, whenc\·cr the ~oil wn~ good ;uHl pro· tcctrd frotn the wind·, in the cr('<'k bottoms nnd raviiH';..;, and on the ~INJH'~, they lloutished abundantly; nn10ng tiH'In , the runnrphrt ·till rctaitling- its charnclcristic place. \Ve rro:-: .. ed, at 10, tlte Big Vt•nnillion which ha~ :~ rich bottom of about one mil<~ in lm·adth, one third or whi~·ll is occ11picd by timber. lVlalcing our 11!-'llal halt at. noon, aft1'r a day'.~ nw rrh of tw{'nty.follr miles, we reached the Bi~ Ul111', :Uld cncnlllJWd on tlH· upland:-; of tl11~ weHI.crn ~ide, ll ~a r n. SllHtll crc<'k, whe re~ was n line large srrin~ of \·cry cold \\'Ulf'r. '('his is a clear and lwndsottle stream, nhout o11<~ hundred and twen ty feet wide , running \\·it h a rapid ctltTCt tL tllrow~lt a well tin1bercd \·:tilt y. To-d0y, antelope were :e'en rttnning over tlw hills. lind at c\'rnin~ ( :1 r ~o n hrou~ht us n fine deer. Lonp-. of the catnp, ~)7° OG' :)~" ,lat. :3~P 1!;)' 0...,". 'l'ltcrrnonwter, at s11nsct, 7.)0 . A plra:ant so ~tth c rl,v ·e1~ze and fine rnorni r 1~ ltad gi\·ett place to a g~:de, wit!t indicatio tts of had weather, whrn, aftf•r a marrll of len mil e~, we halt ed to noon on a ~11 1 all ct-c<>k where tiH' wa.trr .~tood in deep poot~. In the bank of rhe creek, lime tone made its npprnrance inn. stratum about one foot thick. In the nft(·rnoon , the prople ~f'erttt'd to sufl'er for w~1nt of water. 'rhe ron.d led along n. high dry rid rre; dati~ lin e.' of timber ind ~ cat. ed the hentl ·of str ams in the plains lwlow, but th rr \\·a~ no wal 'r nca r, and the day was very oppr J. ire, with a hot. wi11d: and the th errnom rtcr at ~}0 ° . Along our route, the anwrpha has been in very abttrllbnl but variable |