deep,
with a hard, gravelly bottom. Grass in the hills near.

13.00. Mojave River.--The road ascends the river, the banks of which
are covered with fine grass and mesquite wood. Good camps
along here.

20.00. Mojave River.--The road leads up the river for a short
distance, when it turns into an arroyo, and ascends to a low
mesa, and continues along the border of a level prairie
covered with fine bunch-grass. It then enters the river
bottom again, which is here several miles wide, and well
wooded. Grass good.

20.00. Mojave River.--Six miles from camp the road strikes the Mormon
road, and crosses the stream near a Mormon camping-place. The
trail runs along the river, which gets larger and has more
timber on its banks as it is ascended. Good grass, wood, and
water.

22.00. Mojave River.--A short distance from camp the valley contracts,
but the road is good. It leaves the valley and crosses a
gravelly ridge, but enters it again. Good grass, wood, and
water.

15.00. Mojave River.--Road continues along the right bank of the
river, in a southwest course, and crosses the river at camp.
Good wood, water, and grass.

29.50. Cajou Creek.--The road leaves the river at the crossing, and
runs toward a break in the San Bernadino Mountains; it
ascends a sharp hill and enters a cedar thicket; it then
ascends to the summit of the Cajou Pass; thence over a spur
of the mountains into an arroyo or creek in a ravine; thence
along the dry channel of the Cajou Creek for two miles, where
the water begins to run, and from thence the road is rough to
camp.

7.00. Cajou Creek.--Road continues along the creek to camp, and is
rough. Wood, water, and grass at camp.

20.00. Cocomouga's Ranch.--On a pretty stream of running water. The
road runs for six miles down the Cajou Creek, along its steep
and rocky bed. It is here a good-sized stream. Captain
Whipple's road here leaves the San Bernadino road, and turns
to the west along the base of the mountains toward Los
Angeles; it then crosses a prairie and strikes the ranch of
Cocomouga. Wood, water, and grass.

24.00. Town of El Monte.--The road runs upon the northern border of
a basin which