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hollyhocks, calla lillies, and camellias, all growing in the open-air. This is not 

 particularly surprising, for in our own country, in Devonshire and Cornwall, particularly 

 at Penzance, a modified statement of the same nature might be made. At Oakland the 

 railway runs out on a wooden pier or bridge, one mile and a quarter long, to the bay. 

 Of San Francisco and its glorious bay these pages have already furnished some 



ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY : THE INTERIOR OF A SNOW-SHED IN THE SIERRA NEVADA. 



account. It is the grand depot for all that concerns commerce and travel between every 

 part of America and much of Europe and the Pacific generally. The successful miner, 

 trader, or farmer, from Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, and all outlying territories, spends his 

 money there; as the metropolis of the coast-trade of all kind centres there. Hence its 

 success and cosmopolitan character. 



In speaking of the cosmopolitan characteristics of the Golden City, a traveller 

 (Mr. Carlisle), says that one of the good points, coming, as did he, from the remoteness 

 of Japan, is the proximity of the cit} 7 to Europe as regards the receipt of news. 



"The city of San Francisco is eight hours behind London in the matter of time, 



