_THE WHITE CROSS LIBRARY._ PRENTICE MULFORD’S STORY _Life by Land and Sea._ BY PRENTICE MULFORD. NEW YORK: F. J. NEEDHAM, PUBLISHER, 52 WEST FOURTEENTH ST. 1889. COPYRIGHT, 1889 BY F. J. NEEDHAM. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. Shadows of Coming Events, 5 II. Going to Sea, 14 III. Getting My Sea Legs On, 20 IV. Much Water and Mutiny, 31 V. San Francisco in 1856, 43 VI. As a Sea Cook, 51 VII. Sights while Cooking, 61 VIII. Whaling in Marguerita Bay, 71 IX. Our Butter Fiends, 82 X. Guadalupe, 86 XI. At the Gold Mines, 90 XII. Swett’s Bar, 99 XIII. One Day’s Digging, 105 XIV. The Miner’s Rainy Day, 114 XV. The Miner’s Sunday, 122 XVI. The Cow Fever, 129 XVII. Red Mountain Bar, 135 XVIII. My California School, 145 XIX. “Jimtown,” 157 XX. Romance of Ah Sam and Hi Sing, 168 XXI. On a Jury, 174 XXII. Some Culinary Reminiscences, 178 XXIII. The Copper Fever, 186 XXIV. Rise and Fall of Copperhead City, 193 XXV. Prospecting, 199 XXVI. High Life, 207 XXVII. Leaving High Life, 217 XXVIII. The Last of High Life, 226 XXIX. On the Rostrum, 237 XXX. Running for Office, 246 XXXI. An Early California Canvass, 254 XXXII. Another Change, 262