6 CONTENTS. ' 



P»ge 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Additional RECE>Tr Etexts 243 



CHAPTER XV. 

 A General View of California at the present time • 255 



CHAPTER XVI. 

 Natural Bistort of Californu 275 



Appendix • • ,,..,,..,. 387 



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LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. 



PRINCTPAL Street in San Fkancisco • -Froniispkce 



One of the old Spanish Houses in San Fr.incisco 28 



Rancee in Upper California 47 



Life in the Diggings— Supper-tjme 65 



Sonorians Dry-washing Gold 67 



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



Going to a Fandango 79 



Mode of Wasqing Clothes in California 86 



Gambling Scene in San Francisco 9.3 



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



Sacramento City 112 



San Jose, in Lower Californl^ 116 



Monterey 130 



Trading-post in the Mines 176 



Crossing the Isthmus 197 



Mountain Scenery IN Lower Calitoenu 504 



