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Show • OITT OP THB QBRAT dALZ LA* B. 129 rugged mountains, stretching far te the southward, and enclosing within'their embrace the lovely . little Lake of Utbh. .' On the northern confines of the city, fe warm spring- issues from - the bape of thfe mountain, the water of which has been conducted by pipes ipto a commodious bathing- house; while, at the western poin$ of the fefime spur, about three miles distant, another spring flows in. a bold stream froifc beneath a perpendicular rock* with a temperature too high to admit the insertion pf " the hand, ( 128p . Fahri) At the base of the. hill it forms a little lake, which in the autumn and winter is covered' with large flocks of waterfowl, attracted by the genial temperature of the water. Beyond the Jordan, on the west, the dry and otherwise barren plains support p. hardy grass, ( called . bunch- grass,) which is peculiar to these. regions, requiring. but little moisture, very nutritious, and. in sufficient quantities to afford excellent pasturage to numerous herds of cattle. To the northward, in the low grotmds bordering the river, hay in abundance can be procured, although it is rather coarse and of an inferior quality. The facilities for beautifying this admirable site are manifold. The irrigating canals, which flow before every door, furnish abundance of water for the nourishment of shade- trees^ and the open space between each building, and the pavement before it, when; planted with shrubbery and adorned with flowers, will make this ; ' one of the most lovely spots between the Mississippi and the Pacific. One of the most' unpleasant characteristics of the whole <> country, after leaving the Blue River, i* the entire absenceof trees from* the landsoape. The weary traveller plods along, exposed to. ' the full blaze of one eternal sunshine, day after day,* and week after week, his eye resting upon naught but interminable plains, bald • fed naked hills, or bold and rugged mountains: the shady grove, the babbling brook, the dense and solemn forest, are. things un-. known here; and should he by chance light upon some solitary cotton- wood, or pitch his' tent amid some stunted willows, the opportunity is hailed with joy, as one of tmusual- good fortune. The* studding, therefore, of this beautiful'city with; noble. t^ es, will render it, by contrast with the surrounding regions, a second " Diamond of the Desert," in whose welcome shade, like the solitary • Sir Kenneth and the princely Ihfcrim, the pilgrim^ wayworn and ' . faint, may repose his jaded limbs and dream of the purling brooks * and waving woodlands he has left a thousand miles behind him. - The city was estimated to, contain about eight thousand inhabit- |