. To California and back;. the adjacent country for a few hun-dred miles would appear a level or mildly undulat-ing region, rich in agricultural products, and relievedby bits of stream and forest and by small villages,with here and there a considerable city, such asJoliet, and Streator, and Galesburg. It is greaterthan the whole of England and Wales, this State ofIllinois, but a very few hours ride is sufficient tobring one to its western boundary, the MississippiRiver. This is crossed at Fort Madison, and theway continues across the narrow southeastern cor-ner of Iowa into Missouri. While gli
. To California and back;. the adjacent country for a few hun-dred miles would appear a level or mildly undulat-ing region, rich in agricultural products, and relievedby bits of stream and forest and by small villages,with here and there a considerable city, such asJoliet, and Streator, and Galesburg. It is greaterthan the whole of England and Wales, this State ofIllinois, but a very few hours ride is sufficient tobring one to its western boundary, the MississippiRiver. This is crossed at Fort Madison, and theway continues across the narrow southeastern cor-ner of Iowa into Missouri. While gliding throughthe State last named the traveler awakes to sight ofa rolling country of distant horizons, swelling hereand there to considerable hills, checkered with tilledfields and frequent farm-houses, divided by smallwater-courses and dense groves of deciduous one whose scenic features you would travel farto see, but unexpectedly gratifying to the eye;.full ofgentle contrasts and pleasing variety. At the lofty7.
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