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STAND IN FOR SAN FRANCISCO—INDICATIONS OF LAND—THE COAST—ENTER THE u GOLDEN 
GATE”—INNER BAY—SAN FRANCISCO—LUMPS OF GOLD—NOTES OF ENTERPRISE—SUR¬ 
ROUNDING SCENE—GAMBLING. 
We soon fell in with the north-east trade winds, which car¬ 
ried ns along rapidly, causing us to make so much lee-way how¬ 
ever, that on arriving at 38° north latitude, (the latitude of San 
Francisco), we were at 140° west longitude. We then tacked 
ship and stood in for the coast of California. We had baffling 
winds and calms for several days, but falling in with the north¬ 
west trades, we were carried rapidly along, the wind increasing 
until it blew a gale. This lasted for two days. The ship laid 
over so that her main studding-sail boom touched the water, 
and on the 1st July the gale carried away our gib. On the 3d, 
we discovered weeds and logs floating in the water, indicating 
our proximity to land. We take an observation, and ascertain 
that we are sixty miles from San Francisco. This we ought 
to make by 8 o’clock the next morning. The passengers are all 
engaged in packing up. The retorts, crucibles, gold tests, pick¬ 
axes, shovels, and tin-pans, are put into a separate bag, and laid 
on the top ; each determined to be the first off for the mines. 
Each one having conceived a different mode of keeping his gold, 
one would exhibit an ingenious box with a secret lock, another, 
a false bottom to his trunk, a fourth a huge belt, while a fifth 
was at work on the fifteenth buckskin bag, each of 20 lbs. capa¬ 
city. All were looking to the glorious future with a faith that 
would have removed mountains, particularly if they were sus¬ 
pected of having gold concealed underneath. On the morning 
of the 4th, the sun rose in a cloud of mist. We were all expect¬ 
ation and excitement. Some were at mast-head, others in the 
shrouds, and all on the “ qui vive ” for land. The fog was so 
