There are several snow mountains in view from almost every point, and greatly, in my opinion, add to the beauty and grandeaur of the country. Wheat is sowed here after wheat from year to year. One man, it is said, has raised seven or eight crops of wheat in succession from the same ground, and the last is said to have been the best, and all were good. It is frequently the case, that when wheat shells considerably in harvesting, what falls is left on the ground and the next season a good crop is realized. I know of no country where a man can make a farm easier than in Oregon, or where he can live easier.
Mills are rather scarce, though the prospect is increasingly favorable.
The prospect of commercial intercourse with the Sandwich and China is good. The Sandwich Islands are destined to be to the Western world, what the West Indies are to the United States. We obtain sugar and molasses from these, nearly, or quite as cheap as they can be afforded in the States. It is only about sixty days' sail to China, and fifteen or twenty to the Islands. The stronger tribes make war on the weaker, take prisoners, and enslave them.