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.

THE ROAD FROM CHEYENNE.
are growing luxuriantly along every water-course.
To stand here and look down upon the mans
sparkling rivulets running in all directions along
the streets, it would seem some of them were runing up hill; but nevertheless they are hastily glid
ing through every street in the town. The cityis
laid out so as to have just ten acres in each square,
and these are subdivided into eight squares, so as
to give one and one quarter acre to each house.
These little home lots are all made into gardens, full
of trees bearing a large variety of fruits, such as
apples, pears, peaches, two and three varieties of
plums, apricots and cherries, and under the heavy
growth of trees are planted all the common var.eties
of vegetables growing in perfection under their
shade Should the garden plot be in the urban
part of the city, just over the fence from the enclosure is nothing but parched, barren sand and tilec
ever present sage, and his own now beautiful and
truitful grounds were the same four years before.
Every garden is watered as required by a small
stream turned from the street on the higher part of
the lot. Thie abundant and constant supply of water
makes a very heavy vegetable growth.
Among this dense shrubbery is the environed
lwelling house, made of adobe brick, i. e., clay unburnt. The bricks are four times larger than our
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