Show IN AND AROUND Written for the Utah Independent by Muriel M. a School from March 23 Before leaving the Hamilton I wish to say that there is a ferry across the river at that It is just a small with only one boat going back and but there are four larger ferries nearer the we leave Hamilton reach we round a curve in the river and the land at what is known as This spot is dearer to me than any because my home is right in the little township of and not much more than a mile from the The reach there is called There is a large ferry there with a very large called a It is attached to thick wire ropes that stretch across the This is built to take wagons because there is no bridge there as the boast would be unable to go under it to the The punt is made to slope gradually from the center so that at each end it is very narrow in The approach to the punt from the land is down a very wooded and as many as three large wagons can cross at the same time on On each side of it is a place for foot passengers who wish to cross on it instead of in the small boats which also go back and forth across the The punt is propelled by Right near this but closer to the are the wharves of Dalgetty This company does a very large business in the sheep Just above these wharves is another about one mile from the one at There are two boats on this ferry all day and a very big trade is done Just alongside of this ferry is called the arc the very large buildings of the Colonial Sugar Refining The buildings are on the town side of the while the other side is built up with up-to-date with beautiful gardens and which stay green all the The next bend in the river is called Norris' the next reach is Humbug This name was given to it because it is a great humbug to large as in turning around Norris' point they are quite likely to run aground in the mud if they are not very and then they must wait for a high tide to help them It is a very remarkable fact about the river that one side the bank is high and on the other it is There are only one or two places in the river that this is not the Next time we will leave Humbug where are now and enter the city and examine it to see the difference between it and Salt be w- |