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.

BEYOND THE WEST.
i,)Il adnd other fish, by remiarkilg the time they as
cetid the rivers. All the tribes inhabiting the shores
choo-)se favorable locations; atid not only do they find
nitritment during the season, but, if diligent, they
dry, and also pulverize and mix with oil, a sufficienJt
quantity for thle rest of the year. Incaleu!able shoals
of salmon ascend to the river's source,;nd there die
in shallow water. Great quantitied of trout and
carp follow them, and regale themse!-ves on the spawn
deposited by the salmon in holes and still water.
The following year the young salmon descend to
the sea, and I have been told (I cannot vouch for the
authenticity) that they never return until the fourth
year. Six different species are found in the Columbia.
What is yon object which attracts the eye
Of the observing traveler who ascends
Columbia's waters, when the summer sky
In one soft tint calm nature's clothing blends,
As glittering in the sunbeam down it floats,
'Till some vile vulture on its carcass gloats.
'Tis a poor salmon, which a short time past,
With thousands of her finny sisters came,
By instinct taught, to seek and find at last
The place that gave her birth; there to rem ain
'Till nature's offices had been discharged,
And fry from out the ova had emerged.
Her winter spent amongst the sheltered bays
Of tht)e salt sea, where numerous fish of pray,
With appetite keen. the number of her days
Wo(uld soon have put an end to, could but they
HTIve caught her; but, as they could not, she,
Sp,)ing having come, resolved to quit the se,.
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