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Chapter 27

           QuitedifferentfromLakeAsphaltite,whosedepressionistwelvehundredfeetbelowthesea,itcontainsconsiderablesalt,andonequarteroftheweightofitswaterissolidmatter,itsspecificweightbeing1,170,and,afterbeingdistilled,1,000.Fishesare,ofcourse,unabletoliveinit,andthosewhichdescendthroughtheJordan,theWeber,andotherstreamssoonperish.

           Thecountryaroundthelakewaswellcultivated,fortheMormonsaremostlyfarmers;whileranchesandpensfordomesticatedanimals,fieldsofwheat,corn,andothercereals,luxuriantprairies,hedgesofwildrose,clumpsofacaciasandmilk-wort,wouldhavebeenseensixmonthslater.Nowthegroundwascoveredwithathinpowderingofsnow.

           ThetrainreachedOgdenattwoo’clock,whereitrestedforsixhours,Mr.FoggandhispartyhadtimetopayavisittoSaltLakeCity,connectedwithOgdenbyabranchroad;andtheyspenttwohoursinthisstrikinglyAmericantown,builtonthepatternofothercitiesoftheUnion,likeachecker-board,"withthesombresadnessofright-angles,"asVictorHugoexpressesit.ThefounderoftheCityoftheSaintscouldnotescapefromthetasteforsymmetrywhichdistinguishestheAnglo-Saxons.Inthisstrangecountry,wherethepeoplearecertainlynotuptotheleveloftheirinstitutions,everythingisdone"squarely"cities,houses,andfollies.

           Thetravellers,then,werepromenading,atthreeo’clock,aboutthestreetsofthetownbuiltbetweenthebanksoftheJordanandthespursoftheWahsatchRange.Theysawfewornochurches,buttheprophet’smansion,thecourt-house,andthearsenal,blue-brickhouseswithverandasandporches,surroundedbygardensborderedwithacacias,palms,andlocusts.Aclayandpebblewall,builtin1853,surroundedthetown;andintheprincipalstreetwerethemarketandseveralhotelsadornedwithpavilions.Theplacedidnotseemthicklypopulated.

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