Excerpt from Oregon: There and Back in 1877Should the reading of this book suggest to any to try their fortunes there, if they will communicate with me I will gladly put them in the way.A handbook to Oregon, compiled from the best official sources, and verified by actual inquiry and observation, has been prepared by Mr. H. N. Moseley, m.a., the Naturalist to the' late Challenger Expedition, who was one of our companions on this journey.Reliable information is thus at the disposal of the intending settler.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.