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There are swift flowing rivers which dash through jagged cañons; and there are enormous plains, which in winter are white with snow, and in summer are grey with the saline alkali dust. They all preserve, however, the common characteristics of barrenness, inhospitality, and misery. THERE ARE SWIFT FLOWING RIVERS WHICH DASH THROUGH JAGGED CANNONS AND THERE ARE ENORMOUS PLAINS WHICH IN WINTER ARE WHITE WITH SNOW AND IN SUMMER ARE GRAY WITH THE SALINE ALKALI DUST THEY ALL PRESERVE HOWEVER THE COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF BARRENNESS INHOSPITALITY AND MISERY
en we felt no security until we had pinioned his feet as well as his hands. That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting. “We have his cab,” said Sherlock Holmes. “It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen,” he continued, with a pleasant smile, “we have reached the end of our little mystery. You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no danger that I will refuse to answer them.” PART II. _The Country of the Saints._ CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN. In the central portion of the great North American Continent there lies an arid and repulsive desert, which for many a long year served as a barrier against the advance of civilisation. From the Sierra Nevada to Nebraska, and from the Yellowstone River in the north to the Colorado upon the south, is a region of desolation and silence. Nor is Nature always in one mood throughout this grim district. It comprises snow-capped and lofty mountains, and dark and gloomy valleys.  PART TWO OF A STUDY IN SCARLET BY SIR ALTHRICON AND DOYLE THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY ROBERT DIXON PART TWO THE COUNTRY OF THE SAINTS CHAPTER ONE ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE GREAT NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT THERE LIES AN ARID AND REPULSIVE DESERT WHICH FOR MANY A LONG YEAR SERVED AS A BARRIER AGAINST THE ADVANCE OF CIVILIZATION FROM THE SIERRA NEVADA TO NEBRASKA AND FROM THE YELLOWSTONE RIVER IN THE NORTH TO THE COLORADO UPON THE SOUTH IS A REGION OF DESOLATION AND SILENCE NOR IS NATURE ALWAYS IN ONE MOOD THROUGHOUT THIS GRIM DISTRICT IT COMPROMISES SNOW CAPPED AND LOFTY MOUNTAINS AND DARK AND GLOOMY VALLEYS
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