PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
Stycz the first edition of Zhe Resources of California 
was prepared for the press, two years have elapsed, and 
during that period the State has continued to prosper, but 
the changes have not been so great as to render a revision 
of the work necessary. Most of the information given in 
the book relates to the permanent characteristics of the 
country; and the chapters about its industry and society 
apply almost as well now as when they were written. <A 
few emendations have been made, and, with the kind per- 
mission of Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., the articles on 
Oregon and Washington Territory, written by me for the 
New American Cyclopedia, are copied into the Appendix, 
as pertinent to the future progress of California. 
J. 8. H. 
San Franoisco, September 1, 1865. 
