SLEEPING-CARS. 9 



"VVe found the sleeping-cars a wonderful advan- 

 tage in our long journeys, and generally travelled 

 by night. A " sleeping-car " is like an ordinary 

 railway carriage, with a passage down the centre, after 

 the American fashion, and on each side two tiers of 

 berths, like those of a ship. You go " on board," 

 turn in minus coat and boots, go quietly to sleep, and 

 are awakened in the morning by the attendant nigger, 

 in time to get out at your destination. You have had 

 a good night's rest, find your boots ready blacked, and 

 washing apparatus at one end of the car, and have the 

 satisfaction of getting over two hundred or three hun- 

 dred miles of a wearisome journey almost without 

 knowing it. The part of the car appropriated to 

 ladies is screened off from the gentlemen's compart- 

 ment by a curtain ; but on one occasion, there being 

 but two vacant berths in the latter, Treemiss was, by 

 special . favour, admitted to the ladies' quarter, where 

 ordinarily only married gentlemen are allowed — two 

 ladies and a gentleman kindly squeezing into one 

 large berth to accommodate him ! 



At one of the small stations in Wisconsin we met 

 the first Eed Indian we had seen in native di'ess. He 

 wore leather shirt, leggings, and moccasins, a blanket 

 thrown over his shoulders, and his bold-featured, 

 handsome face was adorned with paint. He was 

 leaning against a tree, smoking his pipe with great 

 dignity, not deigning to move or betray the slightest 

 interest as the train went past him. We could not 

 help reflecting — as, perhaps, he was doing — with 

 something of sadness upon the changes which had 



