XIV CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



PAGE 



Mule-hunting Expedition from Vancouver Island to San 

 Francisco The Almaden Quicksilver Mines Poison-oak 

 and its Antidote ........ 199 



CHAPTER IX. 



Sacramento Stockton Californian Ground-squirrels 

 Grass-valley Stage Travelling Hydraulic Washings 

 Nevada Marysville Up the Sacramento River to Red 

 Bluffs A dangerous Bath . . . . . .221 



CHAPTER X. 



The Start from Red Bluffs Mishaps by the Way Devil's 

 Pocket Adventure at Yreka Field-crickets The Cali- 

 fomian Quail Singular Nesting of Bullock's Oriole . 245 



CHAPTER XI. 



Crossing the Klamath River How to Swim Mules Sis-ky- 

 oue Indians Emigrant Ford Trout Baling A Beaver 

 Town Breeding-grounds of the Pelicans and various 

 Water-birds Pursued by Klamath Indians Interview 

 with Chief-- The Desert-- Prong-horned Antelopes 

 Acorns and Woodpeckers Yellow-headed Blackbirds - 

 Snake Scout Arrival at Camp of Commission End of 

 Journal 2G8 



CHAPTER XH. 



Sharp-tailed Grouse Bald-headed Eagle Mosquitos 

 Lagomys Minimus (Nov. Sp.) Humming-birds Urotri- 

 chus .......... 300 



CHAPTER XIH. 

 The Aplodontia Leporina. (Rich.) 846 



