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nological and anthropological collections ; among 

 which were Midianite coins, inscriptions in Na- 

 bathean and Cufic, remains in worked stones, 

 fragments of smelted metals, glass, and pottery. 

 He also brought more than 200 sketches in oil 

 and water color, photographs of the chief ruins, 

 including the catacombs and a classical temple, 

 apparently of Greek art ; and maps of the whole 

 country, 'including 32 ruined cities, some of 

 whose "names could be restored by consulting 

 Strabo and Ptolemy. In 1882, in connection 

 with Commander Verney Lovett Cameron, Bur- 

 ton explored the country back of the Gold 

 Coast. 



In 1861 Capt. Burton had married Miss Isabel 

 Arundel, a cousin of Lord Arundel, of Wardour, 

 a lady who added to graces of person and man- 

 ner the spirit and courage of an explorer, and 

 who had written several books of travel. She 

 accompanied her husband to Fernando Po, and 

 on many of his journeys, and was at all times 

 his enthusiastic helper. Among her later liter- 

 ary achievements was the preparation of an ex- 

 purgated edition, in six volumes, of her hus- 

 band's full translation of the "Arabian Nights' 

 Entertainments." She made her home in Tri- 

 este so attractive that her receptions were always 

 crowded, despite the fact that the climb to reach 

 it was even beyond the frequent European limit. 

 When asked why he lived so far from the ground, 

 Capt. Burton replied, " Because 1 couldn't live 

 any farther. If houses were built with another 

 story, I should occupy it. I must have air and 

 sky." His funeral, at Trieste, was conducted 

 according to Roman Catholic rites, and attended 

 with much ceremony; the Governor, the mili- 

 tary, naval, and civil authorities, foreign con- 

 suls, and municipal officers attending in state. 

 His body was carried to England. 



A " L'ife of Sir Richard Burton " was written 



by Francis Hitchman (2 vols., London, 1887). 

 His published works include : " Goa and the 

 Blue Mountains " (London, 1850) ; " Sindh, or 

 the Unhappy Valley "(2 vols., 1852); "History 

 of Sindh/ "Falconry in the Valley of the In- 

 dus," " Complete System of Bayonet Exercise " 

 (1853) ; " A Pilgrimage to El-Medina and Mec- 

 ca" (8 vols., 1856); "First Footsteps in East 

 Africa, or an Exploration of Harar " (1856) ; 

 " The Lake Regions of Central Africa," " Abbeo- 

 kuta, or an Exploration of the Cameroon Moun- 

 tains" (1863); "A Narrative of a Mission to the 

 King of Dahomey " (1864) ; " Explorations of 

 the Highlands of Brazil, with a full Account of 

 the Gold and Diamond Mines " ; " Canoeing 

 down 1,500 Miles of the Great River Sao Fran- 

 cisco, from Sahara to the Sea " (1868) ; " Vi- 

 kram and the Vampire, or Tales of Hindu 

 Devilry" (1869); "Zanzibar, City, Island, and 

 Coast" (2 vols., 1872); in collaboration with 

 Charles F. Tyrwhitt Drake, " Unexplored Syria ; 

 Visits to the Libanus, the Tulul el Safa* the 

 Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the 

 llah"; "Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the 

 Cataracts of the Congo " (2 vols., 1875) ; " Ul- 

 tima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland " (2 vols., 

 1875) ; " Etruscan Bologna, a Study " (1876) ; 

 " Sind revisited, with Notices of the Anglo-In- 

 dian Army ; Railroads of the Past. Present, and 

 Future" (2 vols., 1877): "The Gold Mines of 

 Midian and the Ruined Midianite Cities"; "A 

 Fortnight's Tour in Northwestern Arabia " 

 (1878); a translation of " Camoens's Lusiads" 

 (1880); "Camoens, his Life and his Lusiads, a 

 Commentary " (2 vols., 1881) ; " A Glance at 

 the Passion Play " (1881) ; " To the Gold Coast 

 for Gold, a Personal Narrative," conjointly 

 with Verney Lovett Cameron (1882) ; and a 

 new and complete translation of the " Arabian 

 Nights." 



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CALIFORNIA, a Pacific coast State, admitted 

 to the Union Sept. 9, 1850; area, 158,360 square 

 miles. The population, according to each de- 

 cennial census since admission, was 92,597 in 

 1850; 379,994 in 1860: 560,247 in 1870: 864,694 

 in 1880; and 1,204,002 in 1899. Capital, Sacra- 

 mento, 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, R. W. Water- 

 man, Republican; Lieutenant -Governor ex-of- 

 ficio, Stephen M. White, President pro fern, of 

 the Senate ; Secretary of State, W. C. Hendricks; 

 Comptroller. John P. Dunn ; Treasurer, Adam 

 Herold ; Attorney-General. George A. Johnson ; 

 Surveyor-General, Theodore Reichert ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, Ira G. Hoitt ; 

 State Engineer, William H. Hall; Railroad 

 Commissioners, A Abbott, P. J. White. J. W. 

 Rea; Insurance Commissioner, J. N. E. Wilson; 

 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, W. H. 

 Beatty ; Associate Justices, J. D. Thornton, J. 

 R. Sharpstein, T. B. McFarland, A. Van R. 

 Patterson, John D. Works, Charles N. Fox. 



Valuations. The assessed valuation of the 

 State for 1890 will be about $1,150,000,000, an 



increase over the figures for 1889. The State 

 Board of Equalization has fixed the State tax rate 

 for 1890 at 58 cents on each $100 of this sum. 

 For 1889 the rate was 72-2 cents. 



County Debts. There are 7 counties in the 

 State without debt ; Ainador County owes be- 

 tween $1,000 and $5,000; Del Norte County, be- 

 tween $5,000 and $10,000 ; Sutter, Contra Costa, 

 Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Bernardino, and 

 Nevada Counties, between $10,000 and $20,000; 

 Alpine, Kern, Mono, Placer, Sierra, and Stanis- 

 laus, between $20,000 and $35,000 ; Lake and 

 San Benito, between $35,000 and $50,000; Butte, 

 Inyo, Plumas, Siskiyou, Solano, Trinity, and 

 Yolo, between $50,000 and $75,000; Calaveras, 

 Fresno, San Mateo, and Tulare, between $75,000 

 and $100,000; Alameda, El Dorado, Humboldt, 

 Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Monterey, Napa, San 

 Luis Obispo. San Joaquin, Santa Cruz. Shasta, 

 Tehama, and Yuba, between $100,000 and $250,- 

 000; San Diego, Santa Clara, and Sonoma, be- 

 tween $250,000 and 500,000; Sacramento,between 

 $500,000 and $750.000 ; and Los Angeles, over 

 $750,000. The total county debt is $5,607,450, 

 of which $5,320,051 is a bonded debt and $287,- 



