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Show . 200 , L0ST SURVEYING PARITY. about xftan. The party itself had bivouacked on the sand the night previous, and were seen from . the station, just before the storm came up, making good progress across the fla$ toward the Knob. As they did not make their appearance at dark, a couple of men were sent to the west end of the Knob to. make signal- fires i; o guide them in. These fired were kept up until nearly midnight, . and supper postponed in expectation of thek arrival. . - The - lookouts, on their return, reported that they had seen fire* to the southwest, and that* after waiting for the party^ more than an hour, had conceded that they must have been unable to find their way in, '. pwing to the darkness,. I was quite uneasy about them, as I knew , they must be suffering for. water, having with theih Only wjia^ they could carry in their canteens.' There jras no help for it,< hoVever, and, about midnight, we took our supper and retired to rest. A number x> f specimens were added to the herbarium to- day. i Sunday j June ,9.- r- Mx. Carrington came in with his party A little after sunrise. They had struck from the flats to the north ' point of the* range,, instead of the peninsula, to the north of it, which, intervening between them and our camp- fires, had Concealed us from their view.. Not finding the caiap, ad they expected, ihey had followed* along the shore ( which here turns to . the southward) for five miles in search of it, but being disappointed,. had returned to the popt which they had first reached, kindled « fire, and lain down. On* the *& nd for the night, without either blanket or food. They did not see our signal- fires before reaching this point; as their JFaced were turned to the south, and, when - they did descry . them, were too much exhausted to come in. They had . suffered much from want of Water, but were in good spirits, * A heavy thunder- gust came up in the afternoon, with violent wind, from south- west, and more rain than we had seen since we \ left Salt Lake' City. Just before dark, thoyawl was despatched across the lake to the springs for water, with instructions to cover the station near th$ m with white cloth, and return as speedily as possible. . Evening dark and threatening. Thel gusts here are short, Trot the wind very violent, driving the san4 before it with great force and velocity. , x Monday) June 10.- Dark, and lowering early in the morning, with som/ e rain, and the prospe. ct'of a wet day. But it so6n cleared^ off, with a brisk dool wind from the north* which anywhere else would have- given a clear transparent atmosphere. It seems, nowever, a striking peculiarity of this climate, that n6 matter |