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giaut 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 

 S2')arse scattering of brush, with, perhaps, one or 

 two lines of timber that mark the margin of some 

 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 buftalo 

 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 



