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Areata, and Crescent City, are American in their origin and 

 population. Not one of the old Spanish towns, save San Jose, 

 has gained any thing in population since 1846. Los Angeles, 

 Sonoma, Monterey, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and San 

 Diego have just about the same number of inhabitants now as 

 previous to the American conquest. 



