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Show BEAR- RTVEB BAT. 1Q5 boiled " up from beneath, through numerous small orifices i& the sand, and to , have . spread itself over the surface o£ the flat, in a semifluid state, to the thickness of from Half an inch to three inchW, with various diameters from three inches to a- foot. The ' exposed surface. has been indurateji slightly by the action of the sun, and has formed a thin, tough, and slightly elastic covering or skin, which retains the substance within in a moist state for a long time. By long exposure, these lumps seem to dry up entirely, although, upon removing them, they i> re found still to be supplied with. moisture frofn the small orifice! or tube in the centre beneath, which latter apparently extends to a considerable depth in the ground. . . . Having- erected the station, we returned to camp, which we did not reach until nearly midnight, all liands being completely worn out by incessant labour of nearly eighteen hours at the oars, and in wading, through mud and water. The distance passed over amounted to about thirty miles, and the exposure in the water, at this early, season, was peculiarly severe. The team from town, frith provisions, & c, returned, in the afterpoon. Fridag, April 12.- Broke up the camp on Antelope Island, and started for the nprth end of the lake, to complete that portion of the purvey as early in the season as possible.. It had already been foreseen that one great obstacle to the rapid prosecution of the work would be the want of fresh water, and moans had accordingly been provided for carrying in the boats as much as was possible. Such was the limited means of transportation, that a supply for more than two or three days eould not be carried without overloading the boats, already burdened with camp- equipage and provisions; Being uncertain of finding any water at otur next contemplated encampment, all the vessels were filled* Aftor passing Fremont's Island, the water of the lake continued, as: on yesterday, very shallow, the deepest being six and a- half feet. We were now in the Bear- River Bay, and the shallowness of the water is no doubt owing to the deposits of immense quantities of alluvion brought down by that river at every freshet, in a state of suspension. After coasting along the eastern slope of the promontory range, which puts into the lake from the north, and seeking in vain for a point at which te^ land, we were at length foroed to drag the boat to within a mile and a- half of the shore, where. we left. her Btuck fast in the mud. The touts, water, and provisions were placed in |