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Show NIflHT YOTAGB FOB WATER. 197 return to- morrow, if possible. We left buij five gallons in* the camp, and took the same quantity with us for our voyage. The water in the. lake, frdm Gunnison's Isl& nd to " the springs," kbold and deep, . averaging from fifteen to twenty feet, within a hundred yards 6f the shore, and reaching in some places thirty- six feet. After rowing till midnight, a slight breeze sprang up, which enabled us to set our sails, and advance, though slowly, On. our course. The mezt had been much fatigued before we started, by a hard day's work in climbing the rocks and rebuilding the stations; So they Were sent to their blankets' in the bottom of the boat, an order which they most promptly obeyed, and were soon buried in profound rfepose. The stillness of this beautiful night, as I sat at the helm, guiding our little bark over the solitary waters of this mysterious sea, was most impressive. « « Silence ho* deadI aid darfcneas how profound ( . Nor ey nor listening ear an pbjeot finds." The moon . rose bright and clear over the rugged cliffs of the promontory,, as, an hour before daybreak, we landed at our- little pier bf stones; and ere long the gray tints of dawn begaa to appear, followed by the blush of a most lovely morning. " A fire was soon kindled,- coffee- pots and camp- kettles made their appearance, and in a short time a smoking breakfast, was spread upon a little patch of grass, of which all partook with a keenness of appetite little cbreamed of by more refined but less favoured mortals. In less than an hour we had filled our vessels; increased the. length and' stability of'our pier, washed our faces and hands- the first time for ten days, ( as water was top precious an article to be wasted for any purpose t> ther than drinking and cooking,)- and were on Our way back to camp, where, favoured by a noble breeze from the south, we arrived at two o'clock. The station on the summit was % entirely completed and covered with cloth; and the survey of. the island being finished, every" preparation was made • for an early start for the main shore on the morrow, there to renew the dismal scenes of salt- plains, mud- flats, gnats, and mus-quitees. I noticed this afternoon that the gulls'- eggs, which, when we arrived upon the island lay so thick upon the ground that we could scarcely avoid treading upon them, had now entirely disappeared from the vicinity of the camp. They had undoubtedly been removed ( by the gulls themselves to some safer place of deposite, but |