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WILD SPORTS IN THE FAR "WEST. 



I was up early on the following morning in order to 

 see the town ; it is a very pretty place, and contains 

 many Germans ; it must become, and in fact is already, 

 the central point of all the interior commerce of the 

 north, for railroads, canals, steamers, and sailing vessels 

 rival each other in bringing and taking away produce. 



