CHAPTER XXII.

Carson’s Hill--Rich quartz mine--Mexican mode of working it--The quartz vein of California--Gold-deposits--The Stanislaus River--Ferries and bridges--Sonora--The houses and inhabitants--Hotels and restaurants--A knowing Chinaman--The police--Gentlemen’s fashions, 323-333

A bull-fight--Riding the bull--Killing with the sword--A magician--Necromancy in the mines--Table Mountain--Shaw’s Flats, 334-343