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 OREGON.
The sumrmers are delightful; the temperature o
the day is agreeable, the air bright and clea
warmer ini the after part of the day than in th
morning,'nd falling again to coolness in the evening
Sultriness, such as we sometimes experience in ou
home country, is never found in these region
The greatest heat in summner never has that debi
tating effect which the summer heat sometimes he
in the Atlantic State(s. It was remarked by farm
ers here that their cattle can endure more woe
under the hot sun of summer, with less exhaustio
than they could in the States from which the
came.
The climate of the coast country is more moi
and cooler than the country lying back to the eas
ward, on account of:ts nearness to the sea. Th
soil is black and rich, (like that about Chicago
supporting an immense growth of vegetation. Te
prairie places are covered with good grass; als
the hillsides with a very heavy growth where te
forests are not too heavy.
The temperature of the coast counties is low
than that of the interior, and is more uniform. Th
fogs from the sea in summer and the rains in wi
ter serve to keep the grass in excellent condition th
year round. With these natural favorable circut
stances, together with some others, this would see
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