. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. â â i mmm 322 Camps in the Rockies. 'A; 1; ' if l'(. 1 1 1 i* new enterprise, and continue on the footinf^ of gentlemen with the young farmers. You see the heir-apparent to an old English earldom mowing, assisted by the two sons of a viscount; you can watch the brother of an earl feeding the thrashing-machine. The happy sunburnt faces of the well set-up, strong-backed, young Britishers are pleasan
. Camps in the Rockies [microform] : being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains, with an account of the cattle ranches of the West. Camping; Hunting; Camping; Chasse. â â i mmm 322 Camps in the Rockies. 'A; 1; ' if l'(. 1 1 1 i* new enterprise, and continue on the footinf^ of gentlemen with the young farmers. You see the heir-apparent to an old English earldom mowing, assisted by the two sons of a viscount; you can watch the brother of an earl feeding the thrashing-machine. The happy sunburnt faces of the well set-up, strong-backed, young Britishers are pleasant features in the rich, agricultural landscape. If j^ou would see the English character to its full advantage, hie from Pall Mall and St. James's Street to some Colorado ranche or Kansas farm. There, in not a few instances, you will find the survival of what has gained England her grand reputeâsterling manliness and uncompromising honesty. But forewarned is in this case forearmed. Let not the young emigrant expect to find in the Western farmer or stock-raiser men of the English prototype. There are no broad-skirted coats, buflf-leggings,ruddy,beef-fed exteriors; no rural farmhouses, with thatched roof and creepers trailing over the front of the cosy-looking dwelling. The men and their houses you will see in the West will be in pronounced contrast to such home impressions ; but as they have been described hundreds of times, I need not say more about them. Of the many diflBculties which beset the path of the young Britisher, none will be so formidable as those consequent upon the necessary unlearning of his British idiosyncrasies, and as long as he manages to do this without pecuniary losses he is fortunate. There is a deal of wisdom given in the reported advice of an old settler to an Englishman who was about to send his son to America. '' Can you trust me ? " says the settler. *' Yes," said the father, " we know you long enough to do ; " Then tr
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