New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-22

kpovp 1t the coast the msssurcnent he came, aod
!. S~6ce and rvsable ct Pugsts Sound and Ct s'tks
Herr Il fAIs freely IN Summer also, while Zone fais IN
that season below or south Of the Columbia The
coasts OF SPAN snd Africa similarly dry below the
42d parallel IN Sammer
For the interior, there appears no res>on Why the
analogy .hould fad that the plains Of the in'eor
N ne Latitude Vk<re The rts. coasts hare abzsdSH
,o;r, should be dtserthke in art;y. The fact tbs,
thew are so south wsrd is rot decisive snee the anao
si.s 81 the Eastern CoutoeJt afford such desers at
greater 5,tau, in the Interior only-a distance eor
r,.popdrc to the greater breadth Of the eO'nen and
due still more, perhaps 10 the absence OF the greai
mountain rarges Of our Pacific coasi
In support of this inference, derived rom genera
spslogv and irom knOrn ssurements on the coasts
we have much po.itve evidence from other sources
At Fort Benton on the Upper Missouri Tat ~ ~, and
eco feet above the seal the observations OF Mr. DRY
IN 1854 gave an average of raHy days for each
Summer month. Though more dry, or mote irregular
perhaps than in the Lake district al the obs-rV aions
here and at Fort Owen, west of the mountains, sho"
rea,onsble profufion of Summer rains. lathe S1lxTS
settlement the tame or greater abundance exists aad
no facts IN regard to Absence Of rain at this season are
mentioned by Richardson Ii soy portion Of Ruperts
Land had been so characterized. the would GER
of the whole region east of the mountains. The coun
try east ard south o. the Yellow Stone is more and,
and the GaurGis>s Tesss, or Bad Lands, experience
formidable drouths in the latitude Of Fort Pierre Az
20 por,h The iregu'arity begins the ijth par
ae apparently ard the plains south Of this and east
of the Rocky Mountains are fertile and well wstered in
DR. portion to their proximity to the Mississippi nearly
Richardson speak. Of no limit ations to the gcowh of
IL. he sde M
wheat grows freely the Gaskstchewan, except near
Hudson Bay, where the Summer temperature Is too
low" On the west eide OF the Rocky Mountains, at
Alexandria, Fort George and Fort Jam. on Feazers
River 52lo to 54io north, wheat is grown abundanty
lit is rai.ed with profit at Fort Lion, in La. 6O0 D
north lon. 1870 west, on the sources Of the hscken
zie; and it barely to maturity at Fort simpson
on the Mackenzie, lat 62o; the absolute limit of the
cereals here being the 65th parallel
or Indian com "a profitable crop be obtsined
"to tie 5lst parallel ION the Gsskstchewan in Ruperts
Land :" Garden cultivation and shelter from Spring
io,s would extend its cultivation here even higher
Ethan 10 England Other grains are noticed rs being
core spopdpgy extended barley going farthest, as in
Europe. " The prare slope, narrowing as It goes
north runs out at the Goth parallel Oaks, elms,
naples the Vim inian clemats &c, go u the 5h and
55th parallels and beyond these lie the dark belt of
spruce aud evergreen forest not appearing sooner than
in Russia however and differing little at Lake Atha-
baca from the vicinity Of the Russian Lakes near NJ.
Petersburg. Stin eastward are the Barren Grounds,
which, near Hudson's Bay, probably more desoa,e
than corresponding lauudes and portions Of European
Russia.
Thafe facts in regard 10 forests and TO cultivation at
the ports of the Hudson's Bay Company must be held
decisive that the equal distribution Of moisture char
sctersc of the Russian plains belongs to the cores
pondipg geographical positions here JOhnstone desig
rates that pait OF Europe as the area OF sumner
Rams at ST Petersburg IS per cent and at the Ura
50 per cent Of the annual quantity falling in these three
months On the Upper hi.si.sppi the proportions
take on this form of the warm months and de-
fciepcy IL the Winter months; at ST. Paus and Fort
Ripley the highest observed points there are teelcs
inek.s in SUMNER and bst tuO inches IN Winter. IL
cannot be doubtful that the proportions OF Summer
rain on the praes ard plains norhward are large, fol-
lowing, in previous cases, the analyses derived from
both continents.
The area Of that may be called the new or IN.
known region of the Northwest is not less than ten
degrees of latitude by t~enty-four of longitude;
lat 40 to SO, and on l04o to l2So on ts southern
border /, lies in a rhombOid form, parallel 10 the
beud Of the Rock Mountains and the Pacific coast.
in Europe north of the ftieth parallel and though
more broken By CURTAINS, i, has immense habable
areas, and cannot fail ultimately to develop resources
and measure of commercial importance which would
appear eItravsgant if stated now.
Very respectfully yours. LORlN BLODGEr.
Wdihis stCR, Dec 20 1855.
7. S.--Tbe aid character Of the plains Of the Col
uHlba the most difficult fact in this connection but
il appears to be due to the very great hight OF tue
mounibps at the west. There is moderate proper
ton Of Sum er rams the west of Oregon aod again
On H.. Blue Mountains south Of Waa-Wallt the BIT
Ter Root Mountains al the east the valley Of the st.
Marys where parties Of S,evenss survey remlined |
for two years and at Fort OkOnagOn, on the Columbia
uorb fthese plains These points surround the desert
If the COlUmOia and prove it To be isolated Mt it, ati-
tud. perhaps because of the great hight Of the Gag
cade Mountains toward Puget Sound The northern |
tll aries Of the Columbia and the country OF Frazers
River differ widely and exlibi, no arid features
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