Her Position Geographically.--Her Great Bay.--Location of City faulty.--Her Sand-hills.--Her Sea-wall.--Her Great Commerce.--Some Statistics.--The View from Telegraph Hill.--Her Progress and Energy.--Bad Climate.--Her Rainy Winters.--Her Earthquakes.--Her Raw Summers.--Montgomery Street.--Her Public Buildings.--Private Residences.--Flower Gardens.--Wind-mills.--The Representative Californian.--Montgomery Street Dames.--Her Sabbaths.--Jewish Synagogue.--Starr King's Church.--Other Churches.--Society generally. 276-289 CHAPTER XVIII. _San Francisco_ (continued). Greenbacks _vs._ Gold and Silver.--General Prices.--Loyalty of the Coast.--Anxious for Alaska.--Christmas and New Year's.--Lucky Army Officers.--Adventure on the Bay.--Oakland.--Cliff House and Sea Lions.--"Ben Butler" and "Gen. Grant."--Fine Ride.--Ups and Downs of California Life.--Eccentric Oscar H.--Things Improving. 290-299 CHAPTER XIX. _San Francisco_ (concluded). The Heathen Chinee.--Their Numbers, Costumes, Habits, etc.--Eager to Learn Melican Ways.--Pigeon English.--Grand Banquet.--Their Graceful Manners.--Their Great Companies.--Their Talent for Organization and Business.--They run the Mission Mills and build the Pacific Railroad.--An Evening in the Chinese Quarter.--Their Theatre and Orchestra.--A Lottery Office.--The Barbary Coast.--An Augean Stable.--Their Gambling Houses.--Chinese New Year.--Their Hospitality and Politeness.--Good Bankrupt Law.--Their Josh-Houses and Religion.--The Chinese Problem generally.--Good Chance for Missionary Work.--_Fiat Justitia._ 300-321 CHAPTER XX. _San Francisco to Los Angelos._ Off for Los Angelos.--A Race with the _Golden Age_.--A Pacific Sea.--Coast Scenes.--Santa Barbara.--Spanish Missions.--San Pedro.--San Diego.--Her Harbor.--John Phœnix.--A Deserted Village.--The County Jail.--Climate.--Business.--Whale-fishing.--San Pedro again.--Wilmington.--Gen. Banning.--A Representative Californian.--The Village Barber--The Los Angelos Plains.--Rancheros.--Wild Geese, etc.--Acequias.--Los Angelos and its Suburbs.--Population.--Climate.--Sundays.--Vineyards.--"Don Benito" Wilson.--His Noble Ranch.--His Orange Groves, Vineyards, Wine-cellars, etc.--Cheap Lands. 322-338 CHAPTER XXI. _Wilmington to Fort Yuma._