6 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 Additional Recent Eyents 243 



CHAPTER XV. 



A General View of California at the present time • • 255 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Natural History of California ^ 275 



Appendix ••• • 387 



LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. 



Principal Street in San Francisco Frontispiece 



One of the old Spanish Houses in San Francisco 28 



Ranche in Upper California 47 



Life in the Diggings — Supper-time 65 



Son orians Dry-washing Gold 67 



Gold-rocker, Washing-pan, and Gold-bearer 70 



Going to a Fandango • • 79 



Mode of Washing Clothes in California 86 



Gambling Scene in San Francisco 93 



A Ship's Galley turned into a Cafe Restaurant in San Francisco 96 



Sacramento City 112 



San Jose, in Lower California 116 



Monterey 130 



Trading-post in the Mines 176 



Crossing the Isthmus 197 



Mountain Scenery in Lower California 504 



