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other farm in the valley. In her orchard I noticed 
pear and peach trees, and grape vines in abundance; 
while around the house were rose bushes and other 
flowering: shrubs. The lady was at work in her gar- 
den, in which she seemed to take a deep interest; 
while frolicking around her were six beautiful chil- 
dren, whose light hair and fair complexion indicated 
their Anglo-Saxon parentage. Passed other farms, 
some of which, particularly Mr. Keller’s, bore the 
marks of an old settlement, from the extent of its 
fences, its barns, saw-mill, and other improvements. 
Here was a large orchard of peach trees in full bloom ; 
which trees, I was told, were brought round Cape 
Horn from the Atlantic States. Every thing here 
was in a flourishing condition; although in the form 
and arrangement of the buildings a sad deficiency of 
taste was visible. | 
A ride of three miles further brought us to Mr. 
Kilburn’s, a Missourian, with a Californian wife. We 
stopped here for the night, and were disappointed in 
not finding Mr. K. at home. He is another old resi- 
dent, having been some seven years in the valley. As 
this gentleman was familiar with the district we were 
about to visit, we had relied on his accompanying US; 
or, failing to do so, we had hoped to obtain such infor- 
mation from him as would enable us to find the objects 
of which we were in search. Mrs. Kilburn received 
us kindly, although we were all strangers to her; 
nevertheless she seemed a little flustered when we told 
her we had come to pass thenight there. She is quite 
young, good-looking, and has an interesting family of 
little ones around her, who, like the children before 
