1. The Miners' Dream (Full Page.) Face Page Frontispiece.

2. Envious Contemplations 20

3. Innocent Dreams 21

4. Light Traveling Order 23

5. The “Allen” 23

6. Inducements to Purchase 24

7. The Facetious Driver 25

8. Pleasing News 26

9. The Sphynx 27

10. Meditation 32

11. On Business 33

12. Author as Gulliver 33

13. A Tough Statement 35

14. Third Trip of the Unabridged 38

15. A Powerful Glass 41

16. An Heirloom 42

17. Our Landlord 42

18. Dignified Exile 43

19. Drinking Slumgullion 44

20. A Joke without Cream 45

21. Pullman Car Dining-Saloon 47

22. Our Morning Ride 49

23. Prairie Dogs 50

24. A Cayote 51

25. Showing Respect to Relatives 52

26. The Conductor 55

27. The Superintendent As A Teacher 57

28. Jack and the Elderly Pilgrim 58

29. Crossing the Platte 61

30. An Inhuman Spectacle 62

31. A New Departure 63

32. Suspended Operations 65

33. A Wonderful Lie 68

34. Tail-piece 69

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35. Here He Comes 71

36. Changing Horses 72

37. Riding The Avalanche 73

38. Indian Country 76

39. A Proposed Fist Fight 81

40. From Behind the Door 82

41. Slade as an Executioner 84

42. An Unpleasant View 85

43. Unappreciated Politeness 88

44. Slade in Court 92

45. A Wife's Lamentations 95

46. The Concentrated Inhabitant 99

47. The South Pass (Full Page,) Face Page 100

48. The Parted Streams 101

49. It Spoiled the Melon 102

50. Given Over to the Cayote and the Raven 103

51. “Don't Come Here” 104

52. “Think I'm a Fool” 105

53. The “Destroying Angel” 106

54. Effects of “Valley Tan” 109

55. One Crest 110

56. The Other 110

57. The Vagrant 111

58. Portrait of Heber Kimball 112

59. Portrait of Brigham Young 113

60. The Contractors before the King 116

61. I was Touched 117

62. The Endowment, tail-piece 118

63. Favorite Wife and D. 4 120

64. Needed Marking 121

65. A Remarkable Resemblance 124

66. The Family Bedstead 126

67. The Miraculous Compass 131

68. Three Sides to a Question 137

69. Result of High Freights 138

70. A Shriveled Quarter 139

71. An Object of Pity 140

72. Tail-Piece 141

73. Tail-Piece 145

74. Goshott Indians Hanging Around Stations 147

75. The Drive for Life 148

76. Greeley's Ride 151

77. Bottling an Anecdote 154

78. Tail-Piece 156

79. Contemplation 158

80. The Washoe Zephyr 159

81. The Governor's House 161

82. Dark Disclosures 162

83. The Irish Brigade 163

84. Recreation 164

85. The Tarantula 165

86. Light thrown on the Subject 166

87. I Steered 169

88. The Invalid 170

89. The Restored 171

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90. Our House 172

91. At Business 174

92. Fight at Lake Tahoe (Full Page,) Face Page 176

93. “You might think him an American Horse” 179

94. Unexpected Elevation 180

95. Universally Unsettled 181

96. Riding the Plug 182

97. Wanted Exercise 183

98. Borrowing made easy 186

99. Free Rides 188

100. Satisfactory Vouchers 190

101. Needs Praying for 191

102. Map of Toll Roads 192

103. Unloading Silver Bricks 194

104. View in Humboldt Mountains 196

105. Going to Humboldt 199

106. Ballou's Bedfellow 201

107. Pleasures of Camping Out 202

108. The Secret Search 205

109. “Cast your Eye on that” 207

110. “We've got it” 210

111. Incipient Millionaires 212

112. Rocks—Tail-Piece 214

113. “Do You see it?” 216

114. Farewell Sweet River 218

115. The Rescue 219

116. “Mr. Arkansas” 222

117. An Armed Ally 225

118. Crossing the Flood 227

119. Advance in a Circle 229

120. The Songster 230

121. The Foxes have Holes—Tail-Piece 231

122. A Flat Failure 233

123. The Last Match 234

124. Discarded Vices 236

125. Flames—Tail-Piece 237

126. Camping in the Snow (Full Page,) Face Page 238

127. It was thus we met 240

128. Taking Possession 242

129. A Great Effort 244

130. Rearranging and Shifting 246

131. We left Lamented 249

132. Picture of Townsend's Tunnel 250

133. Quartz Mill 253

134. Another Process of Amalgamation 254

135. First Quartz Mill in Nevada 256

136. A Slice of Rich Ore 257

137. The Saved Brother 260

138. On a Secret Expedition 263

139. Lake Mono (Full Page,) Face Page 265

140. Rather Soapy 266

141. A Bark under Full Sail 266

142. A Model Boarding House 268

143. Life amid Death 271

144. A Jump for Life 273

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145. “Stove Heap gone” 275

146. Interviewing the “Wide West” 279

147. Worth a Million 280

148. Millionaires Laying Plans 282

149. Dangerously Sick 287

150. Worth Nothing 288

151. The Compromise 290

152. One of my Failures 293

153. Target Shooting 294

154. As City Editor 295

155. The Entire Market 296

156. A Friend Indeed 297

157. Union—Tail-Piece 298

158. An Educational Report 301

159. No Particular Hurry 302

160. Birds Eye View of Virginia City and Mt. Davidson 304

161. A New Mine 307

162. Try a Few 309

163. Portrait of Mr. Stewart 310

164. Selling a Mine 311

165. Couldn't Wait 315

166. The Great “Flour Sack” Procession (Full Page,) Face Page 317

167. Tail-Piece 319

168. A Nabob 321

169. Magnificence and Misery 323

170. A Friendly Driver 326

171. Astonishes the Natives 327

172. Col. Jack Weakens 328

173. Scotty Briggs and the Minister 331

174. Regulating Matters 335

175. Didn't Shook his Mother 337

176. Scotty as S. S. Teacher 338

177. The Man who had Killed his Dozen 340

178. The Unprejudiced Jury 342

179. A Desperado giving Reference 344

180. Satisfying a Foe 346

181. Tail-Piece 351

182. Giving Information 353

183. A Walking Battery 355

184. Overhauling his Manifest 358

185. Ship—Tail-Piece 359

186. The Heroes and Heroines of the Story 361

187. Dissolute Author 362

188. There sat the Lawyer 365

189. Jonah Outdone 367

190. Dollinger 370

191. Low Bridge 371

192. Shortening Sail 372

193. Lightening Ship 373

194. The Marvellous Rescue 375

195. Silver Bricks 377

196. Timber Supports 379

197. From Gallery to Gallery 380

198. Jim Blaine 384

199. Hurrah for Nixon 385

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200. Miss Wagner 386

201. Waiting for a Customer 387

202. Was to be There 388

203. The Monument 389

204. Where is the Ram?—Tail-Piece 390

205. Chinese Wash Bill 392

206. Imitation 393

207. Chinese Lottery 396

208. Chinese Merchant at Home—Tail Piece 397

209. An Old Friend 399

210. Farewell and Accident 403

211. “Gimme a Cigar” 404

212. The Herald of Glad News 406

213. Flag—Tail-Piece 407

214. A New England Scene 409

215. A Variable Climate 410

216. Sacramento and Three Hours Away 413

217. “Fetch Her Out” 416

218. “Well if it aint a Child” 417

219. A Genuine Live Woman 418

220. The Grace of a Kangaroo 420

221. Dreams Dissipated 421

222. The “One Horse Shay” Outdone 422

223. Hard on the Innocents 423

224. Dry Bones Shaken 423

225. “Oh! What shall I do!” 424

226. “Get out your Towel my Dear” 425

227. “We Will Omit the Benediction” 426

228. Slinking 429

229. A Prize 431

230. A Look in at the Window 432

231. “Do It Stranger” 433

232. The Old Collegiate 436

233. Striking a Pocket 438

234. Tom Quartz 440

235. An Advantage Taken 441

236. After an Excursion 442

237. The Three Captains 445

238. The Old Admiral 448

239. The Deserted Field 449

240. Williams 453

241. Scene on the Sandwich Islands 455

242. Fashionable Attire 456

243. A Bite 457

244. Reconnoitering 458

245. Eating Tamarinds 458

246. Looking for Mischief 461

247. A Family Likeness 462

248. Sit Down to Listen 467

249. “My Brother, We Twins” 469

250. Extraordinary Capers 470

251. A Load of Hay 471

252. Marching Through Georgia—Tail-Piece 472

253. Sandwich Island Girls 474

254. Original Ham Sandwich 475