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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. 



March \ Oth. At San Francisco this morning a 

 friend took me to see the ' What Cheer House,' 

 a very large hotel, supported by gold-miners, 

 where they make up six hundred beds, every 

 lodger having a small room to himself, with 

 marble wash-stand, looking-glass, and dressing- 

 table. Each story shuts off from the next by 

 fireproof doors, and the water is forced to the 

 top of the house, where there are hoses, fire- 

 buckets, and axes enough to fit out a fire-brigade. 

 A large steam-engine is the cook's assistant, doing 

 everything that hands usually do ; it kneads the 

 bread, rolls the douo-h, drives the roasting gear, 



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grinds coifee, peals apples and potatoes, beats the 

 eggs (twelve hundred dozen a week), washes, 

 irons, dries, and mangles the clothes ; heats the 

 water for the bathing-houses, which are perfect 



