. The Pacific tourist . it for Tat.—When Hepworth Dixon wasleaving California, he asked one of our news-paper men to write to him occasionally. Certainly, replied our knight of the paste-pot and shears, whom we will call plain Smith, how shall I address you ? Simply Hepworth Dixon, England, repliedthe modest author of The White Conquest. All right, Mr. Dixon, responded Mr. Smith,choking down his risibilities by a severe effort, I trust to have the pleasure of hearing fromyou in reply. Certainly, Mr. Smith, replied Di%con, howshall I address you ? Simply John Smith, America, triumphantlyreplied
. The Pacific tourist . it for Tat.—When Hepworth Dixon wasleaving California, he asked one of our news-paper men to write to him occasionally. Certainly, replied our knight of the paste-pot and shears, whom we will call plain Smith, how shall I address you ? Simply Hepworth Dixon, England, repliedthe modest author of The White Conquest. All right, Mr. Dixon, responded Mr. Smith,choking down his risibilities by a severe effort, I trust to have the pleasure of hearing fromyou in reply. Certainly, Mr. Smith, replied Di%con, howshall I address you ? Simply John Smith, America, triumphantlyreplied Mr. Smith. Reno—is 293 miles from San Francisco, sit-uated in the Truckee Meadows, the junction ofthe Virginia & Truckee Railroad, the first pointreached from which there are tico daily passengertrains to San Francisco, and the best point of de-parture for tourists going west to visit LakeTahoe. The Meadows, about 15 miles long andeight wide, are mostly covered with sage brush. 206 WME ^^€iFI€ W&W^ WINTER FOUEST SCENE IN THE SIERRA, NEVADAS. ,BY THOMAS MORAN. wmm ^m€iFm w&wmsbw. 207 The numerous boulders which also strew the mead-ows, are built into fences, and alfalfa seed sownafter digging out the sage brush, and rich pas-turage results on which sheep thrive. Eight orten tons to the acre are cut in a single season,and farms make handsome returns. The boul-ders are most numerous along the Iiver. Reno has an altitude of 4,507 feet, and, al-though a railroad town only a few years old, isdestined to be the prominent city of the was named in honor of the fallen hero ofSouth Mountain—has now 2,000 people, and isa county-seat with a f 80,000 court-house, and isthe gate to the West for all the State, and distrib-uting point for a large portion of it. It has out-run Truckee in competing for the trade of Cali-fornia, east of the Sierras and among thebeautiful and fertile valleys north of the railroad,for, from November to May, Truckee is shut inby deep snows
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