. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . and tempers the climateof other and bleakershores. Galveston is agarden where flowers everbloom, and it is filled withwealth and refinement. Nopleasanter resort to escapethe rigors of a Northernwinter can be found. An interesting trip is that through Western Texas, over the Texas road. The Longview Mountain, Worth Missouri, Fort Kansas and Texas, so that either route is equally convenient. Goingwest, however, over nearly the entire breadth of the State, givesone a splendid idea not only of its vast area, but also of t
. Sylvan scenes along the line of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad .. . and tempers the climateof other and bleakershores. Galveston is agarden where flowers everbloom, and it is filled withwealth and refinement. Nopleasanter resort to escapethe rigors of a Northernwinter can be found. An interesting trip is that through Western Texas, over the Texas road. The Longview Mountain, Worth Missouri, Fort Kansas and Texas, so that either route is equally convenient. Goingwest, however, over nearly the entire breadth of the State, givesone a splendid idea not only of its vast area, but also of thecharacter of the country. A short distance west of Fort Worth,the Brazos River is crossed, and the train rushes through high,rolling prairies, broken here and there with growths of oak, ash. S U M M E R S Y L V A N S C E N E S pecan, hickory and walnut, and, on the hill-sides, cedar. As thejourney progresses west the timber becomes smaller, except inthe valle\s on the loftier eminences, where tall pines and. cedars There are elevations where magnificent views ofcharacteristic Texas landscapes may be obtained. Mesquite maybe seen in abundance. The scenery becomes more of a distincttype, and interesting vistas pass before the eye at every ■ is here that nature is found in its primitive state, with the SUMMER SYLVAN SCENES exception of the settlements which are found along the line. Atthe Pecos River an entirely different land formation, and onewhich is exceedingly curious and interesting, commences. Herethe extreme base of the Rocky Mountains begins, and it risesnorthwestwardly—not gradually, at a gentle slope, but by enormoussteps. It is the grand stairway to the sublime peaks that dividethe continent. The huge steps are from fifty to five hundredfeet high, and the plateaux above extend from fifty to one hundredmiles on a level, until another and higher plain is reached. Thelevel surface above each step forms beautiful valleys or coves,which are protect
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