the Gulf, yet it has no appreciable effect upon the ocean into which it flows. The Gulf easily swallows up all the Mississippi waters in a way that reminds of Rossetti's dirge: "Why does the sea moan evermore? Shut out from heaven it makes its moan, It frets against the boundary shore; All earth's full rivers cannot fill The sea, that drinking, thirsteth still" THE ROCKIES AND PACIFIC COAST. XXI. THE ROCKIES AND PACIFIC COAST. The Lone Star State -- The Sunset Route -- Port Arthur -- Galveston -- Houston -- Dallas -- Fort Worth -- Great Staked Plain -- Austin -- San Antonio -- The Alamo -- David Crockett -- James Bowie -- Sam Houston -- Cattle Ranches -- Rio Grande River -- El Paso -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Phoenix -- Prehistoric Cities -- Yuma -- Canyons of the Colorado -- Colorado Desert -- Southern California -- San Bernardino Valley -- San Diego -- Coronado Beach -- The Early Missions -- Climate and Scenery -- Los Angeles -- Santa Monica Bay -- San Gabriel Valley -- Santa Barbara -- Monterey Bay -- Del Monte -- Santa Cruz -- Santa Clara Valley -- San José -- Lick Observatory -- San Joaquin Valley -- Stockton -- Gold Mining -- The Big Trees -- Yosemite Valley -- Rocky Mountains -- The Atchison Route -- Indian Territory -- Oklahoma -- Raton Pass -- Las Vegas -- Santa Fé -- Albuquerque -- Mesa Encantada -- Flagstaff -- Mojave Desert -- The Union Pacific Route -- Cheyenne -- Colorado -- Denver -- Boulder Canyon -- Clear Creek Canyon -- Colorado Springs -- Pike's Peak -- Manitou -- Garden of the Gods -- Pueblo -- Veta Pass -- Cripple Creek -- Leadville -- Grand Canyon of the Arkansas -- Marshall Pass -- Black Canyon of the Gunnison -- Wyoming Fossils -- Utah -- Echo and Weber Canyons -- Ogden -- Great Salt Lake -- Salt Lake City -- The Mormons -- Promontory Point -- Nevada -- Virginia City -- Comstock Lode -- Lake Tahoe -- Donner Lake -- Sacramento -- The Northern Pacific Route -- Butte -- Anaconda Mine -- Helena -- Idaho -- Spokane -- Columbia River -- Oregon -- Snake River Canyon -- Shoshoné Falls -- The Dalles -- Cascade Locks -- The Great Northern Route -- The Canadian Pacific Route -- Regina -- Moose Jaw -- Medicine Hat -- Calgary -- Banff -- Mount Stephen -- Kicking Horse Pass -- Rogers Pass -- Mount Sir Donald -- Glacier House -- Eagle Pass -- Great Shuswap Lake -- Kamloops -- Thompson Canyon -- Fraser Canyon -- Vancouver -- Victoria -- Gulf of Georgia -- Alaska -- Fort Wrangell -- Sitka -- Juneau -- Treadwell Mine -- Muir Glacier -- Lynn Canal -- Chilkoot and Chilkat -- Skaguay and Dyea -- The Yukon River -- The Klondyke -- St. Michaels -- Cape Nome -- Puget Sound -- Port Townsend -- Everett -- Seattle -- Tacoma -- Mount Tacoma -- Mount St. Helens -- Portland -- Crater Lake -- Mount Shasta -- Benicia