CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.--Sail for San Francisco--A

Fleet--Mud--Prosperity--Ships and Storehouses--Buoyant Seas--Shoals in Business--Revulsion and Fire--Their Consequences--Sail for Santa Barbara--The Town--Dexterous Feat by a Grizzly Bear--Fashions--Sail for St. Lucas--Porpoises and Sea Fowls--Their Sports--Approach the town--Peculiar Sky--Caverns in the Sea--Cactus--Beautiful Sea Shells--Sail for Acapulco--Magnificent Scenery--Volcanos and Cascades--Volcanos at Night--Eternal Snow, 134