. The Pacific tourist . is pointed out to the traveler on the southside of the road. Beyond Millstone Point, abouttwo miles on the south side of the track, is alarge spring, which furnishes a good supply ofwater, and which has been utilized by a dairy-man. A little beyond this spring on the sameside of the track, there is, in the first point ofrocks, quite an extensive cave which a shepherduses as a shelter fo,-his sheep, during the inclem-ent season ofthe year. A railfence with gatesurrounds theentrance to thecave, and it issaid to be largeenough to turn afour horse teamand wagon with-o u t d
. The Pacific tourist . is pointed out to the traveler on the southside of the road. Beyond Millstone Point, abouttwo miles on the south side of the track, is alarge spring, which furnishes a good supply ofwater, and which has been utilized by a dairy-man. A little beyond this spring on the sameside of the track, there is, in the first point ofrocks, quite an extensive cave which a shepherduses as a shelter fo,-his sheep, during the inclem-ent season ofthe year. A railfence with gatesurrounds theentrance to thecave, and it issaid to be largeenough to turn afour horse teamand wagon with-o u t extent ofthe outer part ofthe cave is about40 feet, where ahuge fallen rockprecludes fur-ther access with-o u t inconven-ience. The lakeand its mount-ain islands, andthe ranges be-yond, now comegrandly intoview on thenorth side ofthe h e next sta-tion is Black Both;—17 1-2 milesfrom Salt LakeCity,—a sta-tion named froma rock, dark enough to be called black, risingabout 100 yards from the in the lakeIt is nearlyflat on the top, and with a little effort can beeasily ascended. Jutting out from the shore,and a short distance from the station, is LionsHead Rock. Beyond this is ObservationPoint, from which the Goose Creek Mountains,14-5 miles north, can be seen in a clear day, withtheir white peaks glistening in the northern point of the Oquirrh Range herecomes close to the lake, and what seems to be afew scattering trees, or groves of trees, high upon the mountain, contain millions of feet of pine lumber, if it could only be made under Observation Point, on the veryedge of the lake shore stands a stone house,formerly kept as a hotel for pleasure seekers, butnow the private property of John W. Young,Esq. Whoever occupies it hereafter, can verynearly be rocked in the cradle of the deep, or,at least, be lulled to sleep by the murmur of therestless waves. Standing upon ObservationPoint, before you, a little to the left, rise
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