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Show SOUTH PASS- EMIGRANT RUSK. 71 obliged to release her from the wagon, when she lay down by the side of the road and in a short time expired. Between the Sweetwater and the South Pass, the soil for some four or five miles presented the same disintegrated dark shales as had been observed on the other side of the river. It then became more sandy, and portions of weathered marble were found on the surface. On ascending some low hills on the left of the road, and within about a mile of the Pass, marble was found in place, containing a considerable incrustation of silex. It evidently cropped out on the south side of these hills, on the top of one of which was found a stratum of gray sandstone, in which the remains of en-crinites were observed. It was quite horizontal, not conformable with the marble under it, and was undoubtedly a continuation of the secondary formation which had been observed up the whole valley of the Sweetwater. On the left of the road, and a few miles distant, were some high hills, which, from their appearance, seemed to be capped by the reddish clay which forms the isolated masses in the valley of the Platte. Shortly after passing the summit we found a stratum of apparently metamorphic clay, horizontal, with an east and west direction. Over this were strata of gray sandstone, horizontal, or with a slight dip to the east. Descending the western side of the Pass, the soil was composed principally of red sand. No rocks were visible. About a mile from Dry Sandy, some masses of rock were observed on the right of the road, standing up like pillars; they were found to be composed of a coarse sandstone, of an ochrey colour. Under them were white and red shales, apparently horizontal. The surface of the ground appeared to be the result of the decomposition of this ochrey rock. I witnessed, at the Pacific Springs, an instance of no little ingenuity on the part of some emigrant. Immediately alongside of the road was what purported to be a grave, prepared with more than usual care, having a headboard on which was painted the name and age of the deceased, the time of his death, and the part of the country from which he came. I afterward ascertained that this was only a rme to conceal the fact that the grave, instead of containing the mortal remains of a human being, had been made a safe receptacle for divers casks of brandy, which the owner could carry no farther. He afterward sold his liquor to some traders farther on, who, by his description of its locality, found it without difficulty. Wednesday, August 8.- In our march, yesterday, to the Little |