"8. Q. What does the second paragraph teach us?
"A. That herbs and fruits are for the food of man; that grain is for the food of man, and beasts, and fowls; and that flesh is not to be eaten by man, excepting in times of winter, cold, and famine.
"11. Q. Why is it not good to drink wine or strong drinks?
"A. Because they excite men unnaturally, inflame their stomachs, vitiate their appetites, and disorder their whole systems.
"13. Q. Why is it not good to smoke or chew tobacco?
"A. Because those habits are very filthy, and tobacco is of a poisonous nature, and the use of it debases men.
"14. Q. Why should flesh be eaten by man in winter, and in times of famine, and not at other times?
"A. Flesh is heating to the human system, therefore it is not good to eat flesh in summer; but God allows His people to eat it in winter, and in times of famine, because all animals suffer death naturally, if they do not by the hand of man."
We left Salt Lake City in the afternoon, and skirted along the shores in the train of the Great Salt Lake—the Dead Sea of America. Two feet of pure salt lie encrusted round its shores; the water contains 20 per cent. of it, and the evaporation of four barrels of water leaves one of salt. The atmosphere is always bluish and hazy from the effects of this active evaporation. No fish or fowl can live in the lake, and it is impossible to drown, so great is the buoyancy of the water, though death can easily be caused by strangulation.
We arrived at Ogden at three o'clock, the junction where a connection with the Central Pacific Railway is made. And here there ensued a very weary waiting of four hours for another Denver and Rio Grande train. When it did arrive we made up a train of twelve cars, with the arrears of passengers and baggage from the late "wash out."