CHAPTER XXVII.

The Stockton stage--The plains--San Francisco--Its progress--Improvement in style of living--Female influence--Extravagance--First settlement of California--Effective population--Americans as colonists--English in California--Modern discoveries of gold--Their consequences, 375-384

ILLUSTRATIONS.

CAMP,--_Frontispiece_. PAGE

MONTE, 118

FARO, 192

A FLUME ON THE YUBA, 208

CHINESE CAMP, 265

BULL-FIGHT, 296

A BALL IN THE MINES, 320

SHAW’S FLATS, 343

THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.