Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

TIIE MIDDLE PARK.
during their stay here; making the old grow younIger
and the younger more joyous. The experience is
very exhilarating; after a hard day's work a bath
will cause one to forget the burthens of the day, the
effect on the body is so restorative. The Indians
believe them to have wonderful curative properties,
and resort to them not only to cure themselves, but
also their sick horses.
The waters resemble and taste very much like
those at Sharon Springs; sulphur, soda and iron are
deposited about them in quantity; the principal
difference being, these are hot, those cold; their
medicinal properties, I presume, quite the same.
There are many rare and valuable stones found herepetrifactions, jaspers and crystals are scattered all
about, but the celebrated "moss-agate patch" lies a
dozen miles away over the river where this beautiful crystalization is found all around.
There are many objects in this park that invite
the traveler to prolong his stay, none more so than
the delicious trout with which the river and streams
abound. Antelope are here in large numbers, but
the buffalo does not frequent these inner mountain
parks.
We prolonged our stay here beyond the time we
intended, and gratefully and regretfully we took a
long lingering look behind at the Hot Springs as
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