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299. more delightfully? It wd be a memorable fortnight in any man's life. It wd include a voyage across the great Ocean; a sight of New York, & Chicago; a view of the Lakes Erie & Michigan, the unclear of the Mississippi & Missouri; two hundred miles of Prairie, & unclear more of the Plains of the Valley of the Platte; & the Rocky Mountains, a worthy finale of the whole. Instead then of the getting to the Mountains being a difficulty, or any kind of obstacle to carrying out the plan; it is, if lightly considered, one of the greatest possible incentives for going. I suppose no other part of the world cd in the same place & time present so many grand & unclear sights: indeed what greater sights are there in the world, except that there are some loftier mountain ranges? The voyage onto the Atlantic may be set down at that time of the year at eleven days. The unclear like two days in going from New York to Chicago, & as many more in going from Chicago to the Mountains. As to the cost; the fare by the unclear boats is about £ 25, it may be reduced to £ 20; by the unclear line. From New York to Chicago there are two lines of Railway; the ticket of one line costs twenty two, of the other twenty five dollars; each charges eight dollars for a berth in a sleeping car for the two nights, which gives one also a sofa to oneself in the day time. From Chicago to the Mountains I cannot say what is previously the fare, for I took a through ticket to Denver which included