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.

WESTERN OREGK)N.
The persevering fish then at the foot arises,
Laboring with redoubled vigor,'mid the surging tide,
And finding by her strength she vainly strives
To overcome the fiood, though o'er and o'er she tried,
Her tail taken in her mouth, and bending like a bow,
That's to full compass drawn, aloft herself doth throw.
And springing in the air, as would a silver wand,
That blended end to end, and upwards cast,
Headlong she falls amid the showering waters, and
Gasping for breath, against the rocks is dashed.
Again, again she vaults-again she tries,
And in one last and feeble effort-dies."
Our space will not allow of a detailed account of the
very large variety of articles which this valley is capable of producing. All the grains grow and produce abundantly, never yet having failed, and are of
the best quality. The same is true of such fruits as
apples, pears, plums, cherries, currants, and all the
varieties of berries.
The prospecter has discovered in Western Oregon
gold, silver, copper, iron, lead and coal in reasonable
quantities, and although this country is especially
adapted to agricultural and pastoral pursuits, the
present indications are that its mineral wealth makes
it almost certain that the miner's pick, as well as the
farmer's plough, must furrow the face of mother
earth, west of the Cascade Mountains.
CLIMATE OF WESTERN OREGON.
The climate here has shown itself to be a healthy
one during the long residence of some of the early
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