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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LETTER I.
Lake Tahoe—Morning in San Francisco—Dust—A Pacific mail train—Digger Indians—Cape Horn—A mountain hotel—A pioneer—A Truckee livery stable—A mountain stream—Finding a bear—TahoePages 1-16
II.
A lady's "get-up"—Grizzly bears—The "Gem of the Sierras"—A tragic tale—A carnival of colour.17-24
III.
A Temple of Morpheus—Utah—A "God-forgotten" town—A distressed couple—Dog villages—A temperance colony—A Colorado inn—The Bug pest—Fort Collins.25-39
IV.
A plague of flies—A melancholy charioteer—The Foot Hills—A mountain boarding-house—A dull life—"Being agreeable"—Climate of Colorado—Soroche and snakes.40-48
V.
A dateless day—"Those hands of yours"—A Puritan—Persevering shiftlessness—The house-mother—Family worship—A grim Sunday—A" thick-skulled Englishman"—A morning call—Another atmosphere—The Great Lone Land—"Ill Found"—A log camp—Bad footing for horses—Accidents—Disappointment.49-72