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.
tail) r:lnges, ranges of eternal snow. Here the great
rivers, the Platte, Arkansas, Colorado, the Rio
Grande and the Blue, sired by the eternal hills and
wedded with the sea flowing to the two oceans, rising together, go off east and west towards the rising
and the setting sun, begin their journey in the eternal stnows of the dividing range. From its sides
these great rivers take their beginning with which
to feed both oceans, whose waves age on age have
rolled to meet these mighty streams.
As we were about to return, a huge black cloud
came hastily over the mountain tops from the west,
anid soon piercing blasts of wind shrieked among
the rocks, and snow darkened the air when we began our return. We soon became charged with
electricity, so that our hair seemed full of bees, and
sparks flew from the ends of our fingers with a hissii)g sound. Lightning danced around and over the
rocks, and played about us, quite blinding the sight.
We felt like "fleeing before the Lord,>' but as our
bodies were charged equally with the mountain, there
wvas no danger.
There is a sublime grandeur in these elements as
they are presented here. I was reminded of that
remarkable interview between man and his Maker,
when, amid thundering and lightning, and a fearful
quaking of the mountain, He gave to his chosen peo
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