vi. CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER V. 



Principal Buildings of San Francisco — Iron House — Chinese 

 Consulate — Immigration of Chinese — Derbec— Collecting 

 Objects of Natural History — Humming Birds — Remarkable 

 Animals peculiar to California — The Californian Vulture — 

 Elks — Bears — Californian Salmon — Insects peculiar to Cali- 

 fornia — Giant Trees— Climate— Aspects of the Country . 45-54 



CHAPTER VI. 



History of California — Its Discovery by the Europeans — 

 Several Expeditions to California— Spanish Missions — Ex- 

 traordinary Size of Plants — Pearls — Russian Colony — Cap- 

 tain Sutter — His Biography and his Extraordinary Adven- 

 tures 55-61 



CHAPTER VIÎ. 



Battles between Mexicans and North Americans — Declaration 

 of Independence of California — Colonel Fremont — Annexa- 

 tion of California by United States— Discovery of Gold — 

 Sacramento — Gold Diggings — Modes of Extraction of the 

 Mineral .,,...,.... 62-69 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Departure from San Francisco — At Sea — Arrival at Acapulco— 

 Acapulco — Its Population — Department of Guerrero— 

 Prmcipal Rivers— Pearl Fisheries— Chilpancingo^Ruins of 

 Xochicalco^ — Quetzalcoatl — Expeditions of Cortez— -General 

 Alvarez — Pintos — Mineral Wealth 70-82 



CHAPTER IX. 



Sailing from Acapulco— At Sea— Arrival at Nicaragua- — San 

 Juan del Sur — Its Climate — Population— Tropical Forests- 

 Luxuriant Vegetation — Animal Life— Birds and Butterflies- 

 Transformation of Species— la Virgen— Lake of Nicaragua 

 — Mountains of Ometepeque and Madera .... 83-90 



CHAPTER X. 



Granada^ — The French Consul, M. Rouhaud— Nicaragua in 

 1852-1853 — Intermittent Fevers — How to Cure Them — 

 Natural History of Nicaragua — Remarkable Animals found 

 in Nicaragua — Howling Monkey — Humming Birds — 

 Manakins— Rare Insects peculiar to Nicaragua — Vegetable 

 Kingdom— Cacao and Siphonia Trees— Commerce — Mines 

 Climate— Volcanoes— Rivers — Lakes — Principal Towns— J 



Population .......... 91-112 ^ 



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