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Chapter 26

           Thetrain,onleavingSacramento,andpassingthejunction,Roclin,Auburn,andColfax,enteredtherangeoftheSierraNevada.‘Ciscowasreachedatseveninthemorning;andanhourlaterthedormitorywastransformedintoanordinarycar,andthetravellerscouldobservethepicturesquebeautiesofthemountainregionthroughwhichtheyweresteaming.Therailwaytrackwoundinandoutamongthepasses,nowapproachingthemountain-sides,nowsuspendedoverprecipices,avoidingabruptanglesbyboldcurves,plungingintonarrowdefiles,whichseemedtohavenooutlet.Thelocomotive,itsgreatfunnelemittingaweirdlight,withitssharpbell,anditscow-catcherextendedlikeaspur,mingleditsshrieksandbellowingswiththenoiseoftorrentsandcascades,andtwineditssmokeamongthebranchesofthegiganticpines.

           Therewerefewornobridgesortunnelsontheroute.Therailwayturnedaroundthesidesofthemountains,anddidnotattempttoviolatenaturebytakingtheshortestcutfromonepointtoanother.

           ThetrainenteredtheStateofNevadathroughtheCarsonValleyaboutnineo’clock,goingalwaysnortheasterly;andatmiddayreachedReno,wheretherewasadelayoftwentyminutesforbreakfast.

           Fromthispointtheroad,runningalongHumboldtRiver,passednorthwardforseveralmilesbyitsbanks;thenitturnedeastward,andkeptbytheriveruntilitreachedtheHumboldtRange,nearlyattheextremeeasternlimitofNevada.

           Havingbreakfasted,Mr.Foggandhiscompanionsresumedtheirplacesinthecar,andobservedthevariedlandscapewhichunfoldeditselfastheypassedalongthevastprairies,themountainsliningthehorizon,andthecreeks,withtheirfrothy,foamingstreams.

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