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giant Mississippi, to the illimitable prairies of the 

 Far West I wish you to travel, in thought, at 

 least. Imagine an unbounded expanse of undulat- 

 ing land, covered with grass ; here and there a 

 sparse scattering of brush, with, perhaps, one or 

 two lines of timber that mark the margin of some 



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tributaries of some mighty river, and you have 

 the landscape without entering into detail. What 

 a place for a gallop ! what a place for a buffalo 

 run, or any other kind of run that will give your 

 mettlesome nag an opportunity of showing his 

 pluck and endurance. But take care, don't ride 

 with a slack rein, keep your eyes open; all may 

 look plain sailing from the distance, but on closer 

 inspection you may come upon a densely populated 

 dog-town, or collection of cayotte earths, each hole 

 of which is big enough to use a Newfoundland in 

 for a fox-terrier. 



Two varieties of wolves are found numerous 

 all over this elysium ; game is abundant, and the 

 marauder is always on its track looking out for 

 the feeble or unfortunate. Skulking scoundrels are 

 these members of the canine fraternity, and cunning 

 withal; keen and successful hunters if necessary, 

 but addicted to idleness; for if they can obtain 



