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Show • . Vl. !eason, should the author feel justified from the patron· age of the public, in having the entire route passed Gver by a Roadometer, with close and critical examinations of the various rivers, ascents, watering places, &c.-by a gentleman well qualified to accomplish the task. Such is our intention; feeling confident that we shall be remunerated in return. J. E. WARE. • CHAPTER I. , ...... TO THE EMIGRANT FOR CALiFORNIA. ROUTES. Correct information is of the greatest importance.-. . 'fhe distance is great, and in some respects, periloua . . There are four routes by which the traveller may reach his place of destination. 'Ihe first, cheapest and best, is across the plains and Rocky mountains; 2nd, by way of the Isthmus of Panama; 3d, by way of Cape Horn ; 4th, through· Mexico, by way of Vera Cruz. The expenses by all the routes, except the overland route, will exceed $300. Our object is chiefly to furnish suitable information to the emigrant by the over-land route. It is desirable that eastern emigrants who design making the over-land trip to California, should possess the moit accurate information. Persons living in the New England States, as well as those living in the States of New York, New Jersey and Northern Pennsylvania, will find the route by '"~ay of the railroads, canals, &c.,via Buffalo to Chicago, their best and quic!rest mode of getting there. We would advise such persons before starting, to dispose of their teams, wagons, &c., near their homes, as nearly every thing required for their outfit, can be ob-tained on as favorable terms i~ Chicago, as in any part of the east. On reaching Chicago, you can choose the route by the canal and Illinois river, to St. Louis, and from there up the Missouri river, by steamboats, to thi fron- |