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"
What
a
country
!
"
cried
he
.
"
Mere
cattle
stop
the
trains
,
and
go
by
in
a
procession
,
just
as
if
they
were
not
impeding
travel
!
Parbleu
!
I
should
like
to
know
if
Mr.
Fogg
foresaw
this
mishap
in
his
programme
!
And
here
's
an
engineer
who
does
n't
dare
to
run
the
locomotive
into
this
herd
of
beasts
!
"
The
engineer
did
not
try
to
overcome
the
obstacle
,
and
he
was
wise
.
He
would
have
crushed
the
first
buffaloes
,
no
doubt
,
with
the
cow-catcher
;
but
the
locomotive
,
however
powerful
,
would
soon
have
been
checked
,
the
train
would
inevitably
have
been
thrown
off
the
track
,
and
would
then
have
been
helpless
.
The
best
course
was
to
wait
patiently
,
and
regain
the
lost
time
by
greater
speed
when
the
obstacle
was
removed
.
The
procession
of
buffaloes
lasted
three
full
hours
,
and
it
was
night
before
the
track
was
clear
.
The
last
ranks
of
the
herd
were
now
passing
over
the
rails
,
while
the
first
had
already
disappeared
below
the
southern
horizon
.
It
was
eight
o'clock
when
the
train
passed
through
the
defiles
of
the
Humboldt
Range
,
and
half-past
nine
when
it
penetrated
Utah
,
the
region
of
the
Great
Salt
Lake
,
the
singular
colony
of
the
Mormons
.
During
the
night
of
the
5th
of
December
,
the
train
ran
south-easterly
for
about
fifty
miles
;
then
rose
an
equal
distance
in
a
north-easterly
direction
,
towards
the
Great
Salt
Lake
.
Passepartout
,
about
nine
o'clock
,
went
out
upon
the
platform
to
take
the
air
.
The
weather
was
cold
,
the
heavens
grey
,
but
it
was
not
snowing
.
The
sun
's
disc
,
enlarged
by
the
mist
,
seemed
an
enormous
ring
of
gold
,
and
Passepartout
was
amusing
himself
by
calculating
its
value
in
pounds
sterling
,
when
he
was
diverted
from
this
interesting
study
by
a
strange-looking
personage
who
made
his
appearance
on
the
platform
.
This
personage
,
who
had
taken
the
train
at
Elko
,
was
tall
and
dark
,
with
black
moustache
,
black
stockings
,
a
black
silk
hat
,
a
black
waistcoat
,
black
trousers
,
a
white
cravat
,
and
dogskin
gloves
.
He
might
have
been
taken
for
a
clergyman
.
He
went
from
one
end
of
the
train
to
the
other
,
and
affixed
to
the
door
of
each
car
a
notice
written
in
manuscript
.
Passepartout
approached
and
read
one
of
these
notices
,
which
stated
that
Elder
William
Hitch
,
Mormon
missionary
,
taking
advantage
of
his
presence
on
train
No.
48
,
would
deliver
a
lecture
on
Mormonism
in
car
No.
117
,
from
eleven
to
twelve
o'clock
;
and
that
he
invited
all
who
were
desirous
of
being
instructed
concerning
the
mysteries
of
the
religion
of
the
"
Latter
Day
Saints
"
to
attend
.
"
I
'll
go
,
"
said
Passepartout
to
himself
.
He
knew
nothing
of
Mormonism
except
the
custom
of
polygamy
,
which
is
its
foundation
.
The
news
quickly
spread
through
the
train
,
which
contained
about
one
hundred
passengers
,
thirty
of
whom
,
at
most
,
attracted
by
the
notice
,
ensconced
themselves
in
car
No.
117
.
Passepartout
took
one
of
the
front
seats
.
Neither
Mr.
Fogg
nor
Fix
cared
to
attend
.
