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.

ASCENT OF PIKRVS PEAK.
d with a stout cane and a drinking cup. The
were ill bloomer costume, withbroad-rimnmed(
t liglht satchels suspended from their belts.
T uappy trio of men in thick boots and heavy
shirts. witlout coats or waistcoats, carried
rs, knives, and hatchets, and bent under their
acks of provisions and blankets. My own
i twenty-one pounds and I thought full twentyundred before the weary journey was ended.
teep narrow canyon, unmarked by any trail,
a d in smooth precipitious rocks, impassable
quadruped less agile than a mountain goat.
he bottom of the gorge, a brook leaped and
s over the rock in a stream of silver. The
king hills were thickly studded with shrubs
nd tall trees of piie, spruce and fir. Wild
i, hops, and clustering purple berries grew
sion.
Talley abt-)ounds in gems (,f beauty, " po(.ket
of poetry in velvet anid gold."
ade our noon camp at one of these, wh'cll
ause the heart of an artist to sing with joy.
rook, first appearing in view under a natural
ridge above us, comes tumbling down in a
of stow white foam, torn into sparkling
by the jutting rocks, and is lost among the
h ulders at our feet. An irregular mass of
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