The Word Sierra--At Kelton, Utah--Ride to Terrace--Wells, Nevada--The Sierra Nevada--Lake Tahoe--Silver Mines--The Comstock Lode--Stock Raising--Camp Halleck--Humboldt River--Mineral Springs--Reach Palisade--Reese River Mountain--Golconda--Winnemucca-- Lovelocks--Wadsworth--Cross Truckee River--In California 458 CHAPTER XXIX. ALONG THE SACRAMENTO. Colfax--Auburn--Summit--Reach Sacramento--California Boundaries--Pacific Ocean--Coast Range Mountains--The Sacramento Valley--Inhabitants of California--John A. Sutter--Sutter's Fort--A Saw-mill--James Wilson Marshall--Discovery of Gold--"Boys, I believe I have found a Gold Mine"--The Secret Out--First Days of Sacramento--A "City of Tents"-- Capital of California 465 CHAPTER XXX. SAN FRANCISCO AND END OF JOURNEY. Metropolis of the Pacific Coast--Largest Gold Fields in the World--The Jesuits--Captain Sutter--Argonauts of "49"--Great Excitement--Discovery of Upper California--Sir Francis Drake--John P. Lease--The Founding of San Francisco--The "Golden Age"--Story of Kit Carson--The Golden Gate--San Francisco Deserted--The Cholera Plague--California Admitted to the Union--Crandall's Stage--Wonderful Development of San Francisco--United States Mint--Handsome Buildings--Trade with China, Japan, India and Australia--Go Out to the Cliff House--Ride into the Pacific--End of Journey 476 ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Wayside Notes _Frontispiece_. Views in Boston 33 Scenes in Boston 39 Boston and Environs 49 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston 57 Leaving the Revere House, Boston 71 Riding Through Cambridge 77 View in Worcester, Mass. 81 A New England Paper Mill 85 Old Toll-Bridge at Springfield 91 A Massachusetts Mill Stream 95 The Springfield Armory 99 A Mill in the Berkshire Hills 103 A Hamlet in Berkshire Hills 107 Suburb of Pittsfield 111 A Scene in the Berkshire Hills 115 State Street and Capitol, Albany, N. Y. 125 River Street, Troy, N. Y. 129 View in Schenectady, N. Y. 133 View in Mohawk Valley 143 A Mill Stream in Mohawk Valley 139 A Flourishing Farm 157 An Old Landmark 161 The Road to Albany 121 View of Rochester 171 The District School-House 177 Rural Scene in Central New York 183