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No fish can live in it ; and though brought down by the Jordan , Weber , and other rivers , soon perish ; but it is not true that its density is so great that no men can swim in it . The surrounding country is well cultivated , for the Mormons are great farmers , and various flowers , etc. , would have been observed later . Just then the ground was sprinkled with snow . The train got to Ogden at two o'clock , and did not start again until six ; so Mr. Fogg and party had time to visit the City of the Saints by the branch-line to Ogden . They passed a couple of hours in that very American town , built , like all cities in the Union , with the `` melancholy sadness of right angles , '' as Victor Hugo said . In America , where everything is supposed to be done on the square , though the people do not reach that level , cities , houses , and follies are all done `` squarely . '' At three o'clock our travellers were walking about the city .