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COLLECTOR S RAMBLES 



walls of rock, thousands of feet high. At length we 

 emerged into the plain near Salt Lake, and soon were 

 at Ogden. There were two carloads of recruits at the 

 station, going through to California on first-class time ; 



THE DEVIL'S SLIDE. 



and I conceived the plan of becoming a soldier for a 

 time, and trying to get through and catch my boat in 

 spite of circumstances. I went into one of the cars, 

 and made myself agreeable with my clarinet. They 



