GH THE DEVIL'S GATE--WEBER CANYON--FANTASTIC
ROCKS--"THOUSAND MILE TREE"--ECHO CANYON--MORE
TRESTLE-BRIDGES--SUNSET AMIDST THE BLUFFS--A WINTRY NIGHT
BY RAIL--SNOW-FENCES AND SNOW-SHEDS--LARAMIE CITY--RED
BUTTES--THE SUMMIT AT SHERMAN--CHEYENNE CITY--THE WESTERN
PRAIRIE IN WINTER--PRAIRIE DOG CITY--THE VALLEY OF THE
PLATTE--GRAND ISLAND--CROSS THE NORTH FORK OF THE
PLATTE--ARRIVAL IN OMAHA

CHAPTER XXVI.

OMAHA TO CHICAGO. 275

OMAHA TERMINUS--CROSS THE MISSOURI--COUNCIL BLUFFS--THE
FOREST--CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI--THE CULTIVATED PRAIRIE--THE
FARMSTEADS AND VILLAGES--APPROACH TO CHICAGO--THE
CITY OF CHICAGO--ENTERPRISE OF ITS MEN--THE WATER TUNNELS
UNDER LAKE MICHIGAN--TUNNELS UNDER THE RIVER CHICAGO--UNION
OF LAKE MICHIGAN WITH THE MISSISSIPPI--DESCRIPTION OF THE
STREETS AND BUILDINGS OF CHICAGO--PIGS AND CORN--THE
AVENUE--SLEIGHING--THEATRES AND CHURCHES

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHICAGO TO NEW YORK. 287

LEAVE CHICAGO--THE ICE HARVEST--MICHIGAN CITY--THE
FOREST--A RAILWAY SMASHED--KALAMAZOO--DETROIT--CROSSING
INTO CANADA--AMERICAN MANNERS--ROEBLING'S SUSPENSION
BRIDGE--NIAGARA FALLS IN WINTER--GOAT ISLAND--THE
AMERICAN FALL--THE GREAT HORSE-SHOE FALL--THE RAPIDS
FROM THE LOVERS' SEAT--AMERICAN COUSINS--ROCHESTER--NEW
YORK--A CATASTROPHE--RETURN HOME

INDEX 301

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The 'Yorkshire,' Outward Bound _Frontispiece_

Map of the Ship's Course, Plymouth to Melbourne _Page_ 50-51

View of Melbourne, Victoria 60

Map of the Gold-Mining District, Victoria 78

View of Sydney, Port Jackson 190

View of Auckland, New Zealand 202

Map of the Ship's Course up the Pacific 213

Maps of Auckland, and Sydney, Port Jackson 213

View of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands 220

Map of Oahu, Sandwich Islands 222

Maps of Atlantic and Pacific Railways 248-249; 276-277

View of Niagara Falls--American side 287

ROUND THE WORLD.

CHAPTER I.

DOWN CHANNEL.

AT GRAVESEND--TAKING IN STORES--FIRST NIGHT ON BOARD--"THE ANCH