There is a Paiute proverb to the effect that no man should attempt the country east of the Sierras until he has learned to sleep in the shade of his arrows. This is a picturesque way of saying that he must be able to reduce his wants to the limit of necessity. Those who have been able to do so, and have trusted the land to repay them, have discovered that the measure is over-full. A man may not find wealth there, nor too much of food even, but he often finds himself, which is much more important. INDEX _The illustrations are indexed in italics._ Alcatraz, 112 Alviso, 112 Angels, 138 Antioch, 112, 119 Arbolado, 84 "Arroya," definition of, 30 Bakersfield, 129, 132, 133 Berkeley Hills, 108, 114 _Blue Lake, Lake County_, 155 Buena Vista, 122 Cabrillo, 49, 108 Cahuenga, 47, 48, 67 Calaveras, 139 Camulas, 41 _Cañon in the Sierra Madres_, 49 Carmel, 74, 77, 80, 83 Carmel River, 76 Carmel Valley, 78 Carquinez, 112 Carquinez Strait, 107, 119 _Castle Crag, Rattlesnake Cañon_, 136 Castro, 66 Catalina, 49 _Cemetery, The, Santa Barbara Mission_, 56 Cession of California from Mexico, 48 _Clear Lake, Lake County_, 134 "Coasts of Adventure, The," 47-60 Colorado River, 166 Contra Costa, 117 Coronado, 23 Coronel, Don Antonio, 48 Corta Madero, 116 Coso, 165 Coulterville, 139 _Cypress Point, near Carmel_, 75 Death Valley, 166, 172 _Donner Lake_, 142 Donner Lake, 140 Drake, Sir Francis, 9, 43, 108 Eagle Rock, 47 Emigrant Gap, 140 _Eucalyptus Grove, A_, 33 Exeter, 135 Faralones, The, 113 Farmington, 139 Fort Point, 67 Francis of Assisi, 10, 108 Franciscan "Frailes," 9, 12 Frémont, 66 Fresno, 135 Fuca, Juan de, 108 _Glendale, Valley of the San Gabriel_, 40 Golden Gate, 107 _Golden Gate and Black Point_, 107 Gulf of California, 161, 171 _Half Dome, The, Yosemite_, 166 Hamlin, Jack, 137 Harte, Bret, 137, 138 Hetch Hetchy Valley, 159 "High Sierras and the Sage-Brush Country, The" 149-174 Hôtel Del Monte, 76 Humboldt Mountain, 170 Indian Wells, 166 Inyo Valley, 162 Jackass Hill, 139 Jimtown, 139 Jumping Frog, the, 139 Kaweah Mountain, 133 Kaweah River, 129 Kern River, 129, 132, 134, 155 King's Mountain, 159 King's River, 129 King's River Cañon, 137 Klamath River, 143 Kuro-Siwa Current, 49, 172 Laboratory Point, 68 Lake Mono, 165 Lake Tahoe, 165 _Lake Tahoe_, 158 "Land of the Little Duck, The," 107-124 _Laurel Lake, Upper Sacramento_, 145 Lindsay, 135 _Looking down on Monterey and the Bay_, 65 Lopez, Francisco, 47 Los Angeles, 29, 35