The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-27
and there is no end of fun in getting ac.

and there is no end of fun in getting ac-
| quainted with its peculiariues. first
| bath in II is always as good as n circus
the bather being his or her own trick
mule. The specific gravity is but trfle
less than that OF the Holy Land Dead Sea.
the actual figures with distilled water as
unity being. for the ocean / .O27. for Salt
Lake l.lOI and for the Dead Sea 1.l16. The
human body will not and can not
sink In it. You can walk
out In it where 1t is fifty feet deep. and
your BODY Will stick up out of II like a
hshIng cork from the shoulders upward
You can sit down In 1t perfectly secure
where it is fathoms deep Men lie on top
OF IT with their arms crossed under their
heads and smoke their cigars Its buoyancy
is indescribable and unimaginabe Any
one can ioat upon 1t at the first trial:
there is nothing to do but lie down gently
! upon it-and float. But swimming is an
eHtHeiy Inherent matter. The moment
you begin TO paddle your own canoe"
lively and-to the lockers -on-mirth- pro-
'okihg exercises ensue. When you stick
your hands under TO make stroke your
rect ueciIne TO stay anywhere but on top;
anu When, after an exciting tussle with
your refractory pedal extremities, you
again get them beneath the surface, your
hands fly out with the splash and splitter
OF half dozen flutter wheels H. on ac-
your heels. you chance to turn n somer-
set and your head goes under, your heels
VIII pop up like a pair OF frisky didapper
uucks. You can not keep more than one
ehd of yourself under water at once but
you soon learn how to wrestle with its
novelties and then 1t becomes "a thing OF
beauty and Joy for any summer day.
me water is delightful to the skin every
sensation is eXhilarating, and one can not
neip feeling in II like a gilded cork adrift
III Jewel trimmed bowl of champagne
punch IL Is as clear as crystal, with a
bottom OF snow white sand and small OBJ
,ects can be distinctly seen at depth OF
twenty feet. There is not a fish or any
other living thing in all the twenty five
hundred or three thousand square miles OF
neautlfnl and mysterious waters, except
the yearly increasing swarms of summer
pathers. Not shark or stingaree to
scare the timid swimmer or hoater, not
crab or a crawfish TO nip the toe OF the
nervous wader, not a minnow or froga
tadpole or pollywog that lives,
moves, swims. crawls, or wiggles 1t is
the ideal sea bathing place OF the world.
Don let me forget to impress upon all
ehdeayorere to bring their winter wraps
and oyercoats. They will need them out at
me AXE; the nights are quite cool here
and wraps are comfortable. In California
t,hey VIII need good. heavy winter cloth
ins me Jays are very pleasant In this
city; and the same clothing In Texas will
do here,
My next letter Will give you the descrip-
ton of the trip over the Rockies Am sorry
your train Is scheduled to leave Denver at
hisnt,l as you miss seeing the grand
scenery OF the Royal Gorge. Hope you
VIII yet 10 see II on your return trip.
Our friendly chats will soon come to a
close, but trust you will have sufficient
interest In Utah to want to know moro
OF 1t. and ] will take pleasure in writing
o. everything OF interest to humanity.
more anon. Il. c. Balding.