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borders of civilization, and I to my home in the city. 

 His cheerful and contemplative disposition will make 

 him a contented and a happy man. We parted with 

 regret, certainly so far as I am concerned, and were I 

 to judge by the warm and generous grasp of his hand, 

 I should infer there was a little of the same feeling in 

 his own heart, when he said to me, at parting, as I 

 now say to the reader : " Good-bye, and a smooth 

 trail through life to you." 



