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dart to and fro, battling with the rising billows ; that huge bloated frog — the laby- 

 rynthodon — jumps by with great ungainly hops, while a tiny mammal,* the first 

 of its kind, flies frightened to the shelter of the woods." 



\To be Continued. \ 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



RECENT FACTS FROM COLORADO. 



( Continued. ) 



by john k. hallowell. 

 Editor Review : 



After waiting for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe train, which was two hours 

 late, and came loaded with passengers the most of whom appeared to be deter, 

 mined to board the two small passenger coaches of the Denver & Rio Grande Rail- 

 road, we started — every seat filled and the aisles crowded with men standing. 

 The ride to Canon City must be interesting and novel to those unaccustomed to 

 such scenery; but unfortunately for me, who wished to see everything, by the 

 time we had got into the most interesting part it had become too dark to observe 

 much. Arriving-at Canon City at eight o'clock, p. m., I turned out with the 

 crowd and followed them about a mile, bringing up at the McClure House, 

 which I found jammed full, the men mostly bound for Leadville; a few for Silver 

 Cliff, and as near as I could learn only my solitary self for Rosita. Afcer a good 

 supper, and listening to the talk of the millionaires [prospective] with which the 

 hotel office was crowded, I found, on inquiry for a bed that I was booked to 

 share my couch with a member of the Colorado Legislature. Here was a new 

 experience, but making up my mind that I could stand it if he could, to the 



room I went. I found Mr. H most entertaining, he having come to this 



country over twenty-five years ago as a U. S. soldier, and for twenty-three years 

 never saw a railroad but knowing every one of any prominence, and I guess they 

 all know him. At all events we found enough to talk about until two o'clock, 

 a. m., and if Colorado is not any better for it, it is not our fault 



In the morning we found a slight dash of snow had given everything the 

 appearance of a fleece of wool. Here, at this altitude everything is light; the 

 snow is light, ditto the rain, the atmosphere light, and much of the talk you hear 

 must be set down in the same category, especially if it is abjut new mining 

 camps, as it takes but little grain to give a large amount of chaff. 



' ' Break fast at six o'clock a. m. and the coach starts at seven o'clock a. m., > 



* "This was the Dromatherium sylvesire, the jaw bone of which was discovered by Enmons in North Car- 

 lina. It is the only mammal yet known to have existed in America during- the Mesozoic Age " 



3— III. 



