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Show 71 [ 174 J object to regain our party as soon as pos iblc, not lmowing what accident the next hour might brincr forth. \V rf'achcd our tl ' l)Q ito of provision at nio-lJtfall. Here was not the inn which await the tired traveller Oll hi. relttl'll from Mout Blanc, or the orang groves of South Am rif'.a, with their n•fre~hing juices and soft fracrrant air; but we fonnd onr little cache of dried meat and coflcc nndis~ nrbetl. Though the m.oon was bright, the roatl w11 . full of precipices :1 1Hl the fatigue of the day had be '11 gr 'at. \Vc th erl'forc nbnndoned the idea of rejoining our fri ends, ancl lay down on the rock and, in spite of the cold., slept. soundly. · .llugusl 16.-\r\Te I ft our cucarnpmcut with the dnyligltt. \Vc saw on our way large ilocl{s of the mountain gon.t looking dowu on us from the eli['. At the crack · a ri lle, they wonltl bomHl niT' amnng the rocks, and in a few minute· mnke their appcarn11cc on some loCty peal , some hmHlred or a tbonsaud fe "'t above. It is 11ecdlcss to attempt nny f'urth<'r d •scription of the country; the portion over which we trav(•llcd thi!' morning was rough as imagination could picture it, on<l to u~ , cmcd equally u<'antiful. A concourse of lnkrs and. rushing w:lter~, mou11taiw: of rods naked and destitute of v~"'getable earth, dells and. ravines of tlw mo. t <'xqui~itc bclluty, all kept green and fresh by the gre3.t moisture in the air, and. own with brilliant .!lowers, ami every wlu:>re thrown arounc1 all the glory of most mn.gnificellt seen'· : tl!c~c constitute the fcatnrf's of til" plac , and impress themselves vividly ou the miud of the travell er. It was not until 11 o clock that 1 we reaclled the place where onr animals had h en left, when Wf!. fir. tattempted the mountains on foot. N •ar one of the ti ll burning fires we fon11d a piece of men t, which our friends ha(1 thrown a way, a11d which fnrnishod us a mouthful-a very scanty brr.akfast. vVc continued directly on, ancl reached our camp on the mountain lake at dnsk. We fountl all well. Noth ing had occurred to intc rrnpt tl1c quiet ·incc our departure, and the fine gra s and good cool water llacl done much to re-establi h our animals. All heard with great delight the order to turn our faces homeward; and toward snuclowu of tho 17th, we encamped. again at the Two Buttes. ]n the COUrse of this aftcmOOll'S march, the ba'"rometcr W:-tS broken past remedy. I regretted it , a~ I was <lesirous to compare it acrain with Dr. Engelman's barometers n.t St. Lonis, to which mine were r ferred ; but it had done its part well, and my object were mainly l'ulfilled . ./lugust 19.-\Ve left onr camp on Little Sandy river about 7 in the morning, nnd tmvcrscxl the ~arne santly, nndulatiug country. The air was fillet! with the turpentiuc .. cent of tho various rl)'temisias, which arc now in bluom, and, numerous as they arc, give mnch gnycty to the landscape of the plains. At 10 o'clock, we stood exactly 011 the divide in the pass, where tile wagon road cro .. es,and , d ~cc ndiu ~ imnw<l iatcly upon the Sweet Water, llaltcd to take a meridian ob ervation of tho Rl1tl. Tho latitude was 12° 24' 32". In the com·se of the afternoon we saw bufl'alo ngain and at our evening halt on the , wcct vVa t<· r the roasted ribs again nw<lc their appC'arance r~ round l.llc fin ... s; and, with them, good ilnmor, n11d laHgllt r, a1Hl ~ong, were n ~ton ! to r'·e camp. Our c,Jff~c had b en xpcntl 'd, bill we now macl' a. hrr1 o; tea front the root · Qf th~ wild ciH'rry tree . • ~/i,gu. I Q~i.-Yesterday f:vt·ning- W<' reached our CI H'~I1lpmcnt at Rock fl. !crenrlcncc, where I lt)Ok some '1StrouOI.L' nl )bservutions. llcre, not |