CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.
| CHAPTER I. | PAGE |
| THE VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| THREE CENTURIES OF WILD TALK ABOUT GOLD IN CALIFORNIA | 25 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| FURTHER RUMORS OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY BY MARSHALL. | 44 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| AFFAIRS ABOUT THE COLOMA SAW-MILL DURING THE SPRING OF 1848 | 62 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| THE JOURNEY OVERLAND | 89 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| THE VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA—NEW YORK TO CHAGRES | 121 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| THE VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA—ISTHMUS OF PANAMA | 165 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| THE VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA—PANAMA TO SAN FRANCISCO | 190 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| EL DORADO | 225 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| CLASSICAL ABNORMITIES | 248 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 260 |
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