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OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
Pacific Railroad will draw to itself the agricultural and mineral wealth of a large extent of territory, whose resources are as ample, as they are at present little understood by Americans.
There is little good land on Vancouver's Island, the largest body of it lying on the east side, toward the Gulf of Georgia. Sheep-raising is carried on to a considerable extent; the fleeces being reported light, but the mutton excellent. Fruit, so far as cultivated, does well. But the wealth of the island lies in the heavy forests of the interior, in its coal, and in its fisheries; to which will ultimately be added gold, copper, and salt.
