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CALIFORNIA ILLUSTRATED. 
San Francisco to New York has, as yet, been accomplished in 
the shortest time by way of Panama. 
Now, dear reader, having finished my business here, I am 
ready to return. I will not trouble you to make the journey 
back to Kealejo in a cart, but as I promised to accompany you, 
we will take one psychological leap, and salute our national flag 
in the main plaza of San Francisco. 
