. To California and back;. name was de-rived from the range upon its western border, andwas not suggested by any characteristic of the cli-mate, which is dry and healthful, and, save in ex-treme altitudes, notably temperate. Crossing the Utah line, and keeping well abovethe edge of the desolate barren noted on the mapsas the Great Salt Lake Desert, you come quicklyinto view of the Great Salt Lake itself, whose shoreis approximately followed for half its circumferenceupon the north and east. Between the easternshore and the Wasatch Range the southward-trend-ing valley stretches for many miles.

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. To California and back;. name was de-rived from the range upon its western border, andwas not suggested by any characteristic of the cli-mate, which is dry and healthful, and, save in ex-treme altitudes, notably temperate. Crossing the Utah line, and keeping well abovethe edge of the desolate barren noted on the mapsas the Great Salt Lake Desert, you come quicklyinto view of the Great Salt Lake itself, whose shoreis approximately followed for half its circumferenceupon the north and east. Between the easternshore and the Wasatch Range the southward-trend-ing valley stretches for many miles. Ogden, SaltLake City, Provo, Springville, and numerous prettyMormon villages are scattered along the line, andthere is a large body of fresh water known as UtahLake, linked to the great salt inland sea by the Jor-dan River. America boasts no fairer or more fruit-ful valley thaji this. Beyond, the circular eastwardsweep of the route passes Red Narrows, Soldier Sum-mit, Castle Gate, Green River, and the Book Cliffs,114 .-J!^. .^^^^^^r^--^ —^

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