vi. CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Principal Buildings of San Francisco Iron House Chinese 

 Consulate Immigration of Chinese Derbec Collecting 

 Objects of Natural History Humming Birds Remarkable 

 Animals peculiar to California -TJieCalifornian Vulture 

 Elks Bears Californian Salmon Insects peculiar to Cali 

 fornia Giant Trees Climate Aspects of the Country . 45-54 



CHAPTER VI. 



History of California Its Discovery by the Europeans 

 Several Expeditions to California Spanish Missions Ex 

 traordinary Size of Plants Pearls Russian Colony Cap 

 tain Sutter His Biography and his Extraordinary Adven 

 tures ... 55-6i 



CHAPTER VII. 



Battles between Mexicans and North Americans Declaration 

 of Independence of California Colonel Fremont Annexa 

 tion of California by United States Discovery of Gold 

 Sacramento Gold Diggings Modes of Extraction of the 

 Mineral ........... 62-69 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Departure from San Francisco At Sea Arrival at Acapulco 

 Acapulco Its Population Department of Guerrero 

 Principal Rivers Pearl Fisheries Chilpancingo Ruins of 

 Xochicalco Quetzalcoatl Expeditions of Cortez General 

 Alvarez Pintos Mineral Wealth 70-82 



CHAPTER IX. 



Sailing from Acapulco At Sea Arrival at Nicaragua San 

 Juan del Sur Its Climate Population Tropical Forests 

 Luxuriant Vegetation Animal Life Birds and Butterflies 

 Transformation of Species la Virgen Lake of Nicaragua 

 Mountains of Ometepeque and Madera .... 83-90 



CHAPTER X. 



Granada The French Consul, M. Rouhaud Nicaragua in 

 1852-1853 Intermittent Fevers How to Cure Them 

 Natural History of Nicaragua Remarkable Animals found 

 in Nicaragua Howling Monkey Humming Birds 

 Manakins Rare Insects peculiar to Nicaragua Vegetable 

 Kingdom Cacao and Siphonia Trees Commerce Mines 

 Climate Volcanoes Rivers Lakes Principal Towns 

 Population .......... 91-112 



