CHAPTER XX.

Visit to Gen. Sutter’s residence. Description of the grounds. The Pleasant Surprise, or the Musical Miner. Good Fortune of a Lady in California. Emigrant Wagons. Belles of the Plain. Interesting and Ludicrous Incident. The English Gold Diggers. Loss of Life, 205

The Orphan Child. Delights of Stage-Coaching in California. The Hen that laid the Golden Eggs, 222