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.
Their flesh is tender, rich and juicy, which in such
a country is often very desirable. They are often
found many miles from any water; some conjecture
that they dig subterranean wells, others that they
live without. drinking; daring winter they remain
torpid, shut in their subterranean hduse, and when
they come out it is a sure indication of warmer
weather. A remarkable sameness is observable in
the topography and geological features of thede
elains, presenting a great contrast between the rich
green prairies of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and a por;ion of Kansas.
"Away, away, from the dwellings of men,
To the wild deer's haunt and the buffaloes glen."
No active, living town now marked the lonesome
plain to beat and throb from life's great business
vein. The vision wanders over the boundless expanse, stretching all around to the horizon. The
traveler startles at the thrilling sensation, the illimitable freedom; his mind and body both seem to
have entered another country, expanded as tihe
boundless imagery that is spread in distance around
him.
After many days and weary nights of travel, in
tile dim outline of distance to the northwest was
seien Long's Peak, clearly defined against ominous
la4,: k clouds, more than a hundred( miles all.
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