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plants in it are Sarcobatus vermiculatus & Atriplex canescens & Tetradymea. A few miles up this valley, N.W., is a spring. From here we follow up a wash leading down from a low range of hills, going a little north of west. All the mountains we have been among lately have been of red volcanic rock. These hills - or low Mts. - are of sandstone & white shale; prehaps a part of the same formation as the White Mts. to the west, as they appear to be light colored. These hills are covered with Cedar & [[strikethrough]] Piñon [[/strikethrough]] - on the north slope at least - though these trees do not come down so low on the mountains we have just left. Artemesia tridentata is common on them, too, though not found in the valley. Also the new Ephedra which is common all across the valley.
This is a coarser species than that on the mountains & has glaucus branches instead of the other's bright green branches. It grows in the dryest & barest places.
7 miles of steady up hill in a sandy wash took us till dark & was hard on the team. Camped at the 14 mile spring. The rodometer makes it 13 miles. Are not to the summit of the range yet. but must be near it. Should think we were 1000 feet above the valley we crossed.
Saw a few Otocaris in the valley. No other birds. Saw lots of Dipodops holes & tracks, some large ones that must be of D. deserti.

Transcription Notes:
Tetradumea - does he possibly mean tetradymia? reviewed -@meg_shuler glaucus = glaucous?