. Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California." . a circus-ring, is formed aroundthe wheat-stack, and when ready for operation thesheaves are thickly strewn around the circle, andmules of all grades, good, bad and indifferent, areturned loose into the inclosure and kept movinglively to the music of the whip until tlie grain isthoroughly separated from the shea
. Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the years of 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences ... together with the articles of association and roll of members of "The associated pioneers of the territorial days of California." . a circus-ring, is formed aroundthe wheat-stack, and when ready for operation thesheaves are thickly strewn around the circle, andmules of all grades, good, bad and indifferent, areturned loose into the inclosure and kept movinglively to the music of the whip until tlie grain isthoroughly separated from the sheaves. A Chilianthreshing-machine never requires oiling, but itsometimes becomes obstinate and kicks up behind. [With the readers permission, I desire to digressa moment from the thread of my narrative. Aquarter of a century has wrought wonderful changesin the Kepublic of Chili. The wooden plough,primitive wine-press and thresliing-machine havebeen suj^planted by the introduction of modern andimproved Yankee appliances. The world moves,and Chili now occnpies a front seat in the car ofprogress! To a single man, an American, is dne in a largemeasure her wonderful progress during the pasttwenty-five years, and that man was the late HenryMeiggs, who died at Lima, Peru, on the 2yth day. From a portrait, by the National Bank Note N. Y.
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