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From St Louis to Springfield, the country is very rough & hilly and has but little land that can be cultivated; but from Springfield to the Arkansas line the land is much better & settled by a more industrious and thrifty class of people. In the valleys there are some very fine farms; land as good as the human heart could wish; and to this land Nature has added many of her luxuries. There is an abundance of good clear, pure, spring water, large quantities of fine timber, and a climate that can well challenge comparison. Of course the country will never be as thickly dotted with houses as the prairies of Ills.; but all of the land here which can be tilled will eventually be used by industrious and hard-working farmers; if good schools can be introduced this portion of the State will in time compare favorably with western maps. If the Pacific Rail Road is ever built there will be a rapid increase in the population of South Western Mo. It seems to me that the climate is too healthy & invigorating not to be settled by intelligent liberty -loving people. There are a great many cedars & pine here and the dullest eye cannot but be attracted by their majestic and imposing forms standing like messengers of hope out upon the hillsides. Wyman sent his teams out & got