ΤΟ M. L. M., WHOSE KIND WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMMENDATION HAVE INDUCED ME TO OFFER THFSE PAGES TO THE PUBLIC, THIS VOLUME IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 223550 PREFACE. THIS book will acquaint the reader with the strange and wonderful history of a most marvellous portion of our own country. It is compiled from the journal of a traveller, and is without pretension to especial literary merit; but it is offered to the public with the belief that he who reads its pages will find many facts that are new to him, so interspersed with incident of travel and adventure that its perusal will prove both entertaining and instructive. THE AUTHOR. |