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 THIE WEST.
granite rises upon one side more than a hundred feet,
and on the other bank the singing waters are shaded
by tall pines and blue-tipped firs. Between and beyond their dark branches, a gray cone-shaped hill,
bare of tree or shrub, stands in the back ground
against a wonderfully blue and pellucid sky.
A lively shower soon recalled us to the practical,
when it was discovered that our whisky, through defective corking, had escaped from the bottles. It
might prove a serious loss in case of great exhaustion;
but after boiling our tin-cups of tea by a fire of
branches we started on.
The afternoon climb was still along the canyon,
sinking knee deep into the gravelly hill; clutching
desperately at friendly bushes to keep from falling
backwards, and toiling upon hands and knees over
wet, slippery rocks. At four o'clock, cold and weary,
we encamped where ou. advanced party had already
halted. Supper was prepared and eaten before a
glorious fire of tree trunks; then the deep woods resounded with laughter and song. But long before
midnight we all slept, watched by the sentinel stars
which haste not, nor rest not, but shine on forever
On the second morning we made hasty toilets
with the brook for a mirror, and consumed our fried
pork, biscuit, and cups of tea while sitting upon logs.
We continued through two rugged canyons, with a
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