CONTENTS. i x 



SPRING — DESTRUCTION RIVER— VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO — KINKLA INDIANS— 

 THEIR VILLAGE— FAILURE TO OBTAIN CANOES— FORD OF THE SACRAMENTO— BUTES— 

 FEATHER RIVER— CAPTAIN SUTER'S — RELICS OF AN EXTINCT TRIBE — THE PARTY 

 DIVIDED — RIVER SAN JOACHIM — MISSION OF SAN JOSE — SANTA CLARA — YERBA 

 BUENA— NOSTRA SENORA DE LOS DOLORES— THE LAND DIVISION REACHES THE VIN- 

 CENNES— RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION— CLOSING SCENE 229—266 



CHAPTER VII. 



PREPARATIONS FOR SAILING— NEW DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICERS— LIEUTENANT CARR 

 APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF THE OREGON— PLAN OF OPERATIONS— DEPARTURE 

 FROM SAN FRANCISCO — DANGEROUS POSITION OF THE VINCENNES — DEATH OF A 

 MARINE— HIS BURIAL— SEARCH FOR COPPER'S ISLAND— PAILOLO CHANNEL— ARRIVAL 

 AND RECEPTION AT HONOLULU — CASE OF HERRON, THE COOPER — TRADE OF THE 

 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS — THEIR POLITICAL RELATIONS — THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS — 

 FINAL DEPARTURE FROM THEM — THE BRIGS PART COMPANY — INSTRUCTIONS TO 

 MR. KNOX — THE FLYING-FISH PARTS COMPAN Y — SEARCH FOR MALOON'S, JANE'S, 

 AND CORNWALLIS ISLANDS— WAKE'S ISLAND— SEARCH FOR HALCYON AND FOLGER'S 

 ISLANDS— LADRONE ISLANDS— GRIGAN— SEARCH FOR COPPER'S ISLAND— SABTANG AND 

 BATAN— CAPE CAPONES— FLYING-FISH REJOINS THE VINCENNES— WE ANCHOR IN THE 

 BAY OF MANILLA — GOVERNMENT GALLEY — CRUISE OF THE FLYING-FISH— SEARCH 

 FOR CORNWALLIS ISLAND— REEF DISCOVERED— SEARCH FOR SAN PABLO— MULGRAVE 

 ISLANDS— BAPHAM'S, HUNTER'S, AND BARING'S ISLANDS— M'KENZIE'S GROUP.. ..267— 290 



CHAPTER VIII. 



ARRIVAL AT MANILLA— VISIT FROM THE CAPTAIN OF THE PORT— VIEW OF THE CITY 

 —LANDING AT MANILLA— ANCHORAGE— PORT OF CAVITE— CITY AND ITS BUILDINGS- 

 ITS POPULATION— KIND RECEPTION BY THE AMERICAN CONSUL— WANT OF FACILI- 

 TIES FOR REPAIRS— CITY GOVERNMENT— DISCOVERY AND OCCUPATION OF THE PHI- 

 LIPPINES— POLICY OF THE CONQUERORS— GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLANDS — 

 PRODUCTIONS AND AGRICULTURE— AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS— USE OF THE BUF- 

 FALO—CULTURE OF RICE — MANILLA HEMP — COFFEE — SUGAR— COTTON— MODE OF 

 TAKING PRODUCE TO MARKET— PROFITS OF AGRICULTURE — LABOUR — RAVAGES OF 

 LOCUSTS— INHABITANTS— NATIVE TRIBES— POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT — CAPABILI- 

 TIES FOR COMMERCE— MILITARY FORCE— INTERNAL DISTURBANCES — VISIT TO THE 

 GOVERNOR — TENURE AND EMOLUMENTS OF HIS OFFICE — VISITS TO GOVERNMENT 

 VOL. V. C 



