CHAPTER I.
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TAHITI TO SAN FRANCISCO—EASTER-DAY IN CALIFORNIA—A NEW CITY—RECLAIMED LAND—WILD LUPINES—SEA-OTTERS—THE LONE MOUNTAIN—PROGRESSIVE FUNERALS,	1
CHAPTER II.
SPANISH NAMES—TRACES OF THE EARLY MISSION—SAN RAFAEL—THE COAST RANGE—REDWOOD FOREST—A CHAIN OF VOLCANOES—A PARADISE OF FLOWERS—POISON-OAK,		37
CHAPTER III.
START FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA—THE GREAT SAN JOAQUIN AND SACRAMENTO VALLEYS—WHOLESALE FARMING-ORCHARDS—MERCED—HORNITOS—PAH-UTE INDIANS—MARIPOSA VALLEY—CLARKE’S RANCH,		54
CHAPTER IV.
IN THE FOREST—SEQUOIA GIGANTEA—THE RED SNOW-FLOWER—YŌ-SEMITÉ VALLEY IN WINTER—A SNOW-SHOWER,		75
CHAPTER V.
TO THE VALLEY—A WAYSIDE LUNCH—A GRANITE PRISON—GIANT CRAGS—BRIDAL VEIL FALL—LEAFLESS TREES—MAY-DAY—GRANITE ARCHES—MIRROR LAKE—GRANITE DOMES,		91
CHAPTER VI.
THE GREAT YŌ-SEMITÉ FALLS—SEEN FROM BELOW, SIDEWAYS, AND FROM ABOVE—MOUNTAIN-TRAILS—OTHER YŌ-SEMITÉS—THE DOMES—GEORGE ANDERSON,		109
CHAPTER VII.
A COTTAGE HOTEL—THE VILLAGE—YOUNG STUDENTS—THE CASCADES—DIGGER INDIAN CAMP—PRIMITIVE MAN—ACORN-FLOUR—EDIBLE PINES—INDIAN AGENCIES—THE MODOC WAR,		126
CHAPTER VIII.
THE STRUGGLES OF THE RED MAN AND THE WHITE—ATTACKS ON THE RAILROAD BY INDIANS AND BY BRIGANDS,		151
CHAPTER IX.
RIDE TO GLACIER POINT—VIEW OF THE MERCED AND LYELL GROUPS—A NEW REST-HOUSE—FROGS’ CHORUS—VERNAL AND NEVADA FALLS—A SECLUDED INN—CLOUD’S REST,		168
CHAPTER X.
EASY LIFE IN THE VALLEY—INDIAN NAMES—MINERS’ NAMES—PLANTS AND FLOWERS—HURRIED TRAVELLERS—GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!—SUNDAY SERVICES,		187
CHAPTER XI.
A GENERAL SKETCH OF THE MOUNTAIN-RANGES OF CALIFORNIA,		216
CHAPTER XII.
HOME LETTERS—CALIFORNIAN POSTS TWENTY YEARS AGO—HAPPY DAYS IN THE VALLEY—THE NOBLE SAVAGE—CAMPERS—RATTLESNAKES—NATIONALPARKS,		235
CHAPTER XIII.
THE FOURTH OF JULY—BALLS IN THE SIERRAS—A PARTY OF EXPLORERS—HETCH-HETCHY VALLEY—SUMMIT OF CLOUD’S REST—SUNSET—BLACKBERRIES,		262
CHAPTER XIV.
HUMAN SHEEP—EXHIBITION—WATKINS’S PHOTOGRAPHS—FAREWELL TO YŌ-SEMITÉ—TUOLUMNE BIG TREE—PLACER-MINING—CHINESE CAMP—SONORA—PACTOLUS—HYDRAULIC MINING—A MINER’S CITY—FRUIT AND DUST,		281
CHAPTER XV.
HOT GORGE OF THE STANISLAUS—A SLEEPY COACHMAN—MURPHY’S—A CHILL DRIVE—CALAVERAS—THE FOREST—BIG TREES—RATTLESNAKES—WOODPECKERS AND BLUE JAYS—MAGGOTS—SQUIRRELS—TARANTULAS,		301
CHAPTER XVI.
THE FORESTS OF THE SIERRAS—PINUS LAMBERTIANA—ABIES WILLIAMSONII, ABIES DOUGLASII—PICEA AMABILIS, PICEA GRANDIS—PINUS MONTICOLA, PINUS PONDEROSA, PINUS CONTORTA, PINUS TUBERCULATA,		322
CHAPTER XVII.
IN THE SOUTH GROVE—GIANT TREES—HAPPY HUNTING-GROUNDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA—MURPHY’S—VIGILANCE COMMITTEES—BILL FOSDICK’S FAILING,		333
CHAPTER XVIII.
A CALIFORNIAN HARVEST—GLENN’S FARM—LARGE VEGETABLES—SOUTHERN ORCHARDS—CALIFORNIAN OLIVES—BEET-ROOT SUGAR—GERANIUM HEDGES—LUXURIANT ROSES,		348
CHAPTER XIX.
CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHY—CALIFORNIAN GRAPES, AND WINES—SOCIETY—A TOIL OF A PLEASURE—A HOME IN THE NEW WORLD,		359
APPENDIX,		375