ch chances are
here, I am Sure as do not exist in any other Land, for behind this land
is all the Richer and older Parts, which are but waiting to pour money
and men hither so soon as the Ry. shall be Fully completed. I have
heard of many men who have made Fortunes since the War. It is truly a
rapid Land.

"I am persuaded, my dear boy, that this is the place for you to come.
There are an Hundred ways in which one may earn a Respectable living,
and I find here no Class Distinction. It is an extraordinary fact that
no man and no profession ranks another here. One man is quite good as
another.

"Of society I regret to say we can not as yet offer you much. There is
yet but four women in the place and for the men a Part seem mostly busy
consuming Whisky at the Cottage, at which I wonder, for I have found
the Whisky very bad. Let this not dishearten you, for many things will
change when the Ry. is completed. We are to have Shops here, and I
understand this is to be the seat of the county. A year from now, as I
am told, we shall have 2,000 Persons living here, and in five years
this will be a City. Conceive the opportunity meantime. The Cattle
business is bound to grow, and I am advised that all this land will
Ultimately be farmed and prove rich as that through which I Past in
coming out. You are welcome, my dear Ned, as I am sure you know, to
half my blankets and rations during your stay here, however long same
may be, and I most cordially invite you to come out and look over this
Country, nor do I have the smallest doubt that it will seem to you
quite as it does to me, and I shall hope that we make a Citizen of you.

"Above all is this a man's country. For sport it has no equal I have
ever seen, and as you know I have visited some Parts of the World. The
Buffaloes is to be found by Millions within a few miles of this point,
and certain of the savidge Tribes still live but a short journey from
this point, though now the Army has pretty much Reduced them.
Antelopes there is all around in thousands, and many Wolves. It is,
indeed, my boy, as I have told you, a country entirely new. I have
travelled much, as you know, and am not so Young as yourself, but I
must say to you that your friend Batty feels like a boy again. There
is something Strange in this air. The sky is mostly clear, and the Air
very sweet. The wind is steady but pleasant, and a man may live in
comfort the year round as I am told. I am but ne