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come to the edge of the Great Desert, or Salt Lake Playa, at Wendover. To the north and south are sharp, bare little desert ranges and far to the S.E. is a high, snow capped range. To the east snow white salt flats stretch out of sight except for dim island ranges here & there. We start across the flat [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] straight east over a sparkling surface, then through shallow lagoons and over more white for an hour or more, nearly 2 hours, before we came to a slightly higher level where things grow again.

Then we go up over a low ridge or gap in a low desert range and over to another long narrow playa, along the east side of which is a steep, high range with snow capped sides and probably a Canadian Zone summit. It comes close up to this corner of Salt Lake where we first strike it.

The next range, directly south of the lake is also high with some snow, & it is the last range before reaching 

Transcription Notes:
(playa is spanish for beach) But also refers to a dry lake which only has water sometimes. The Salt Lake Playa is a salt flat. I believe that the instructions say it is no longer necessary to indicate that there is a blank page, i.e., [[blank page]] [[end and start]]