. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . iles ofsunflowers, 7 to 9 feet high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, inColorado, only 3 to 9 inches in height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andgrowth. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buifalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigation is impossible, rains uncer-tain, and in nuiny parts the soil i
. The Pacific tourist : Adams & Bishop's illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean ... : a complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . iles ofsunflowers, 7 to 9 feet high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, inColorado, only 3 to 9 inches in height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andgrowth. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buifalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigation is impossible, rains uncer-tain, and in nuiny parts the soil is full of sodaand alkali. The western march of settlementpractically ends at the one hundredth meridianof longitude—Xorth Tlatte. Oo//o^e*. — Pioneers, Indians and drivers,unite in the most thrilling exclamations of theirdetestations of this, the meanest of the animaltribe that infest the plains. Just after twilight,if you happen to be encamped on the plains, youwill hear not far off the quick bark of a singlecoyote. This is the first call, the bugle cry. Thencome answers, and the pack of wolves assemblerapidly; and just as darkness closes down, youhave but one enjoyment left, to listen to the most. Into this vast area of plains, which reachesfrom east to west 500 miles, and north to south1,000 miles, there can be poured nearly all thepopulation of Europe and Asia. Sw^allowing upby the thousands, the plains, with open mouth,wait with insatiate appetite for more. Into thisarea can be put the whole of India. It is twiceas large as Hindostan, and as large as the wholeof the United States east of Chicago. Agriculture is certain as far west as the threehundredth mile from the Missouri River; fromthence westward, to the immediate vicinity ofthe mountains, no crops can at present be reach of 200 miles or more is, for many dismal of howling matches. As each new comerarrives he is welcomed with a howl. Each howlis short, and by the band there seems to be achosen few who
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