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We follow a sandy wash down the west slope of the Pilot Mts. It is a long slope with a rapid fall. The valley that the R.R. is in is much lower than any we have been in lately. 
 
We reach Sulphor Spring at 3 P.M. & camp - It is still 7 miles to Soda Springs. Camped here so as to set some traps & pack some things to send by mail when we get to town.  

The Pilot Mts. are partly red lava rock, partly black limerock, part granite & part conglomerate. The plants are about the same as yesterday, no more arborescent Opuntias seen - both kinds of Artemesia common on the mountains but neither found in the valleys -  No Piñons.

The valleys have a black  appearance, except Erotia grows, which is due to the dry, dark colored little shrubs that cover them & to black pebbles, The mountains, too, look black generally - Sulphor Spring is in the foothills just at the edge of the valley. The water is good & pure but warm - It is carried in pipes across the valley to a mine on the other side. 10 miles I should think.

A cloudy day & windy, so we saw no animals & only few birds. A Jay, a Shrike, some Amphispiza nevadensis & Otocores. 

Saw Jack Rabbit tracks.

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reviewed -@meg_shuler