Chapter 14 No.14

We Enter The Desert

Our position was in lat. 28° 35′, long. 120° 57′, and from this point I started to map the country as we went. We left here on July 23rd steering a general N.E. by E. course, my intention being to strike Mount Allott and Mount Worsnop, on Forrest's route of 1874-two very noticeable hills, 280 miles distant. I chose these for