On June Istj at 2 p.m., we set off by the Central Pacific
Eailway for Salt Lake City j on the 2nd distributed little
books and tracts amongst the passengers, by whom the
train was crowded ; and at 8 a.m., on June 3rd, reached
Ogden, where, branching off for Salt Lake City, the capital
of Utah, 1,068 miles West of Omaha, and 916 East of San
Francisco, we arrived at 1 1.40 the same morning. " It lies
in a great valley, extending close to the Wahsatch Moun-
tains on the North, with more than 100 miles of plains
stretching towards the South ; beyond which, in the dis-
tance, rise snow covered mountains, the highest of which
is 1 1 ,400 feet above the level of the sea. The waters of the
Great Salt Lake are so salt, that no living creature can
exist in. them. The city covers an area of nine square
miles, its streets, or roads, are long and very wide;



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and, as each dwelling has a garden, or orchard, the whole
place looks like one large plantation." In the evening,
at the Congregational Church, Mr. Miiller preached the
gospiel in this city, which is the great stronghold of
Mormonism, in the plainest, clearest, most decided
manner; and on the following day had interviews with
several Christians.
