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LETTER XIII 



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The Trip via Panama. — Unpleasant Crossing. — Cuba. — New York. — 

 Baxter-street. — Chinatown. — Churches and Seats of Learning. — 

 Newark. — Valley of the Delaware. — Buffalo. — Niagara Falls. — The 

 Lakes. — Goat Island. — Three Sisters. — Nature's Divine Revela- 

 tion. — Return Trip to New York. — Cheap Traveling. — The "Cim- 

 bria." — Transatlantic Scenes. — Hamburg. — Home Again. — In Time 

 for the Father's Funeral. — Return to America. — Grabow. — Ham- 

 burg Once More ! — Excursions. — Claudius. — Circus Renz. — Neil's. — 

 Rudecindo Roche 322 



LETTER XIV 



Back in New York. — Earthquakes in San Francisco. — Western News. — 

 Motthaven. — Tremont. — Blackwell's Island. — Manhattan College. — 

 Return to California. — Harbor Scenes in Romantic Panama. — 

 Human Sardines. — Coast Scenes. — Acapulco and Its People. — 

 Lower California. — Stars and Stripes Welcomed. — San Francisco 

 Once More. — Bound for Los Angeles. — Laura Bevan. — Survey- 

 ing. — Wedding Bells. — Politics. — County Surveyor 336 



Diary and Notes 



Los Angeles Vigilance Committee. — Chinese Massacre. — Notes on the 

 Franco-German War. — Education. — New Era. — Sudden Illness. — 

 Long Suffering. — The End 339 



