A wild Night--An Illusion--Sleeplessness--Loneliness--A
Storm-wind on the Prairies--A magnificent Scene--Beauty of
{vi} the lesser Prairies--Nature's _chef d'oeuvre_--Loveliness
lost in Grandeur--Waves of the Prairie--Ravines--Light and
Shade--"Alone, alone, all, all alone!"--Origin of the Prairie--
Argument for _Natural_ Origin--Similar Plains--Derivation of
"_Prairie_"--Absence of Trees accounted for--The _Diluvial_
Origin--Prairie Phenomena explained--The Autumnal Fires--An
Exception--The Prairie _sui generis_--No Identity with other
Plains--A Bed of the Ocean--A new Hypothesis--Extent of
Prairie-surface--Characteristic Carelessness--Hunger and
Thirst--A tedious Jaunt--Horrible Suggestions!--Land ho!--
A Log-cabin--Hog and Honey 338