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Show MOVIXa CAMP- TURRET BOCK. 181 western side, leaving, the shore party to follow the old storm- line, or that indicating the ancient limits of the water. A small station was put up upon a little rocky projection just north of the camp, which had to be constructed of stone, filled in with earth, as no. timber of any kind could be procured for the purpose.' A few slender poles of drift- weod were gathered, erect? ed into a sm^ ljf lodge on . the top of the mound, and covered oyer, with white cloth. The camp was broken up, and ever/ thing being loaded into the boats, the customary process of wading commenced. n . .. This mode of moving was one of the most disagreeable', and onerous of our duties. The boat was nearly two miljs from the camp* and the men made their way through a soft, tenacious blue clay, ankle deep, and exposed to the insufferable annoyance of myriads of gnats, which the occupation of both haqds ui grasping the bqrden did not allow them to repel; and although, after getting out upon the water, we left for a time our inveterate little enemies behind, it was with the knowledge that the, same torment must be agajn encountered on our next approach to land. In crossing we were repeatedly driven to the southward by the shallowness of the water; and, upon at length reaching the shores we found, to out dismay, thai an extensive flat of sand still hay between us and the line of grass and bushes Where alone we could • obtain fuel for cooking. Over this the camp was. carried upon weary shoulders, axvd pitched, among . some artejnisia, near <? Turret f Book," as we named a large pinnacle toward which we had direct- v ed our eourse in the jnorping, and whioh had frequently before ' attracted our notice. ' The soil, after passing the ffrt, is a hard yellpw clay, with sopae pepper- grass- its only production. We here found, a large hole . that had been dug by the wolves. It was full of brackish water, which* although unfit to drink, Was sufficiently good for mixing bread jind for cooking generally. We had learned, by dire, experience, not to despise any water, however indifferent, as we did. not know at what period we might be reduced to its exclusive use. The place had long been a resort for. the few Indians that oco** sionally. pass . through this inhospitable region. Remains of old lodges constructed of sage- bush, beds of the same, collected under the cover of projecting ledges of rock and little caves in the cliff, together with a well- defined horse- trail, showed that this had been a favourite camp- ground. The trail came from the south- west,' and led |