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I. Preliminary 9 



ir. To the Land of the Buffalo . 20 



III. A Day on the Plains 31 



IV. Along the Platte to Fort Laramie 49 



V. To the Great South Pass 69 



VL Among the Mountains 86 



VII. In the Valley of the Shadow 95 



VIIL The Saints' Rest 104 



IX. Among the Mormon Settlements ]20 



X. Along the Desert Border I39 



XL On the Great Sandy Desert 153 



XII. From the Kingston Springs to San Bernardino 171 



XIII. To Pueblo De Los Angeles 184 



XIV. From Los Angeles to San Francisco 197 



XV. On the Tramp 210 



XVI. Eanch Life 231 



XVII. In and Around San Francisco 252 



XVIII. A San Franciscan Day 264 



XIX. The Bit Theatre 271 



XX. Homeward Bound— Southward 278 



XXI. Homeward Bound— Northward 291 



XXIL In New York 300 



XXIII. Conclusion 310 



Sketches in Prose. 



Robert Kenderdine 317 



John Burns of Gettysburg 336 



The Village Store 348 



My Tramp 364 



Company Trials 374 



Sketches in Rhyme. 



In the Shadow of Round Top 378 



John Burns Again 384 



Jennie Wade 397 



The Old Grist-Mill 398 



Lyric of the Cuttalossa 401 



Dickens 407 



The Old Saw-Mill 411 



After-thoughts 414 



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