This book is merely a personal narrative, and not apretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is arecord of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and itsobject is rather to help the resting reader while away an idlehour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science.Still, there is information in the volume; information concerningan interesting episode in the history of the Far West, aboutwhich no books have been written by persons who were on theground in person, and saw the happenings of the time with theirown eyes. I allude to the rise, growth and culmination of thesilver-mining fever in Nevada—a curious episode, in somerespects; the only one, of its peculiar kind, that has occurredin the land; and the only one, indeed, that is likely to occur init.

Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal ofinformation in the book. I regret this very much; but really itcould not be helped: information appears to stew out of menaturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter.Sometimes it has seemed to me that I would give worlds if I couldretain my facts; but it cannot be. The more I calk up thesources, and the tighter I get, the more I leak wisdom.Therefore, I can only claim indulgence at the hands of thereader, not justification.

THE AUTHOR.

CHAPTER LI. The Weekly Occidental—A Ready Editor—A Novel—AConcentration of Talent—The Heroes and the Heroines—TheDissolute Author Engaged—Extraordinary Havoc With the Novel—AHighly Romantic Chapter—The Lovers Separated—Jonah Out-done—ALost Poem—The Aged Pilot Man—Storm On the Erie Canal—Dollingerthe Pilot Man—Terrific Gale—Danger Increases—A CrisisArrived—Saved as if by a Miracle

CHAPTER LII. Freights to California—Silver Bricks—UnderGround Mines—Timber Supports—A Visit to the Mines—The CavedMines—Total of Shipments in 1863

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