At last we have our first view of the Rocky Mountains, that great rampart rising up from the plains like huge banks of clouds.

It was indeed an imposing view; and it reminded me of the day when, sailing across the sea from Cyprus, I first saw the mountains of Lebanon.

You almost feel as if you are going over a sea on this plain, with the Rocky Mountains as an immovable wall to curb it in its tempests.

One thought greatly impressed me in the journey thus far, and this is the wonderful agricultural resources of our country.

We were travelling over but one belt of the landscape.