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kept on our way to the rocky cliff, or sharp point of land jut¬ 
ting out into the ocean, the extreme point of Point Reyes. 
Here the government lighthouse is in progress of erection, Mr. 
Howard having sold to the United States a hundred acres for 
that purpose. 
Looking down the cliffs upon the rocks, upon which the 
waves of the ocean were dashing and throwing up columns of 
spray, while the unceasing moan and sobbing of the mighty 
waters echoed along the shore, the sight had a sublimity which 
made a deep impression upon our hearts, and one never to be 
effaced from memory in this life. 
Here and there the seals were basking upon the rocks, or 
making their way in the foaming waters, now and then ex¬ 
posing a head above the waves that made us almost fancy that 
they were human beings shipwrecked on the coast, and strug¬ 
gling to lay hold of the slippery rocks. Here we looked out 
upon the broad Pacific—as we hid done a few weeks before 
upon the Atlantic, from the shores of Maine—hardly able to 
comprehend how the journey across the continent had been 
made in so brief a time, and with thanks and praise in our 
hearts to the good God who had permitted us to see all these 
wondrous works of his hand, and who had held us without 
harm in his holy keeping; and then we turned our way back 
over the rancho to San Rafael—a journey through the country 
of nearly fifty miles, which Olin, by a relay of galloping 
horses and incomparable driving, brought us over safely before 
midnight. 
Cheese Malang .—Cheese is manufactured in California, but 
the quantity is comparatively small. It is made in farm dair¬ 
ies, though one or two factories are soon to be established. I 
went through the storehouses in San Francisco and examined 
numerous samples of cheese. Some of it was very well made, 
meaty in texture and fair in flavor; but I saw nothing that 
could be called a “ fancy article,” as that term is understood in 
Hew York. 
One of the largest dealers in San Francisco had upon his 
