CHAPTER ELEVENTH.--Start for the Mineral Regions--Banks of the

Sacramento River--Shot at--Gold versus Mica--Sutterville--Primitive Mode of Life--Sacramento City--An Individual who had “seen the Elephant,” 56

CHAPTER TWELFTH.--Sutter’s Fort--A Herd of Cattle--“Lassoing”--Rio de los Americanos--A Disappointed Hunter--A Californian Serenade--A Mule and his Rider--Parting Company--Thirst--Serenades supported by Direct Taxation--Sierra Nevada, 63