. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. ight, readable sketch of personalexperience, by a gentleman who rode some fourthousand miles a-saddle in New Mexico, iirizona,Southern Colorado, Nevada and Eastern Califs r-nia, accompanying Lieutenant George on the geographical and geological surveys andexplorations west of the one hundredth meridian,during the last two years. The story is not bur-thened with technical terms or scientific observa-tions, but records the wild and picturesque West-ern wilds and some of the pleasant incidents ofcamp life. Happy the youth that c
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. ight, readable sketch of personalexperience, by a gentleman who rode some fourthousand miles a-saddle in New Mexico, iirizona,Southern Colorado, Nevada and Eastern Califs r-nia, accompanying Lieutenant George on the geographical and geological surveys andexplorations west of the one hundredth meridian,during the last two years. The story is not bur-thened with technical terms or scientific observa-tions, but records the wild and picturesque West-ern wilds and some of the pleasant incidents ofcamp life. Happy the youth that can thus beginlife, with just enough excitement to keep theblood active, of exerci-e to keep the form strong,and an instructive companion to give an intel-lectual zest to bodily labor. There are somethrilling stories of hairbreadth escapes fromsavages in unexpected ways, and some gracefuland graphic descriptions of natural scenery, &c.;that of the miraculous mesa country, or tableland, in Northern Arizona, is strange as a storyof Sir John
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