. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . fsunflowers, 7 to 9 feet high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, iuColorado, only 3 to 9 inchcA \\\ height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andcrrowtn. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buffalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigation is impossible, rains unce
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . fsunflowers, 7 to 9 feet high; as we travel fartherwest, they gradually dwindle until they are, iuColorado, only 3 to 9 inchcA \\\ height, the oddestlittle plant in nature, yet perfect in shape andcrrowtn. years yet to come, to be only the grazing-field ofthousands of buffalo or herds of cattle. Wateris scarce, irrigation is impossible, rains uncer-tain, and in nuaiy parts the soil is full of sodaand alkali. Ihe western nuirch of settlementpractically ends at the one hundredth meridianof longitude—North Platte. Cotjotes. — Pioneers, Indians and drivei-s,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 bai k of a singlecoyote. This is the flrst call, the bugle cry. Thenconie answers, and the pack of wolves assemblerapidly; and just as daikness closes down, youhave but one enjoyment left, to listen to the most. Into this vast area of plains, which reachesfrom east to west 500 nules, and north to south1,000 miles, there can be poured nearly all thepopulation of J:urope and Asia. Swallowing 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 oi- more is, for many dismal of howling matches. As each new comerarrives he is welcomed with a howl. Each howlis short, and by
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