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by a profusion of variously colored flowers ; the azure of the 

 sky above, or the tempest that can be seen from its begin- 

 ning to its end ; the beautiful modifications of the changing 

 clouds ; the curious looming of objects between earth and 

 sky, taxing the ingenuity every moment to rectify ; — all, 

 everything, is calculated to excite the perceptions, and keep 

 alive the imagination. In the summer season, especially, 

 ever}'thing upon the prairies is cheerful, graceful, and 

 animated. The Indians, with herds of deer, antelope, and 

 buffalo, give life and motion to them. It is then they should 

 be visited ; and I pity the man whose soul could remain 

 unmoved under such a scene of excitement." 



