A glimpse of Great Salt Lake, Utah (1891) (14578836940)

Identifier: glimpseofgreatsa00uni (find matches)

Title: A glimpse of Great Salt Lake, Utah ..

Year: 1891 (1890s)

Authors: Union Pacific railway company. (from old catalog) Lambourne, Alfred, (from old catalog) illus

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Publisher: (Chicago, Rand, McNally and co., printers)

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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and and main; themotionless water lay unsullied; not even a troublesome gnat was aboard fromthe shore. Here was a chance for unparalleled bathing. Soon four marinerswere sporting like Tritons in liquid green, whilst seated on deck, two timidones, Satyr-like, looked wistfully on. f * The outlet to this vast ancient body of water has been shown, by Professor Gilbert, to havebeen at a place now called Red Rock Pass, a deep defile cut through the mountains referred to.The lines formed by the old water-levels along the mountain sides affect the character of everyscene. But few sketches were made on our cruise in which their strange individuality did not occur. f Bathing in the lake is one of the most novel of sensations. The dense water has atendency to float the limbs to the surface, so that one can sustain themselves in a recumbentposition for an indefinite length of time, that is, when the water is anywise calm. It is hardwork to make headway in swimming against even the smallest waves.

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