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tatious parade of your wealth : quite the reverse, for 

 it will soon leak out without your assistance that you 

 have got it, and, probably, very much more than you 

 possess. 



After having had " a good time '' in Nebraska, 

 which it certainly will be your own fault if you have 

 not, supposing the season to have so far advanced as 

 to be the commencement of November, make a fresh 

 start to the eastward, and catch the first train passing 

 the nearest local station on the Atchison, Topeka, 

 and Sante Fe Railway, book yourself to Carthage, 

 and from it you had better proceed to White Oaks 

 in Lincoln county. 



This part of the journey will be found rather rough, 

 and has to be performed by hired conveyance. On 

 the plains in the vicinity, especially those to the 

 south-east, are to be found immense quantities of 

 antelope {Antelocapra Americana)^ animals about the 

 size of our fallow deer. Around Lincoln and Fort 

 Sumner this description of shooting is particularly 

 good. As these flats are much intersected by arroyas 

 and watercourses, stalking within easy range of 

 the game is not difficult, if due attention be paid to 

 the wind. 



A guide is here necessary, for the country is so 

 much alike in general contour that the novice is 

 almost certain to lose himself. If you should chance 

 to come across any of the Mexican population, they 

 will be found most hospitable, payment for food or 

 shelter being a thing they never dream of demanding. 

 However, to everyone you must be most courteous, 

 for all, whether rich or poor, believe that they possess 

 in their veins a large amount of the blood of the 

 Hidalgos of old Spain. About twenty miles from Las 

 Vegas, in San Miguel county, are several lakes, called 

 Los Alamos, a district frequented byuntold numbersof 

 swans, geese, and ducks, while wild cats, pumas, bears, 

 and white-tailed deer {cervus Virginiatius) are abun- 



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