Chapter II: Part II: The Lost Provinces

XXII. _San Francisco_ 295

XXIII. _San Francisco_ (Continued) 324

XXIV. _The Villas of the Bonanza Kings_ 343

XXV. _The Vintage Season, and Monterey_ 359

XXVI. _A Wondrous Valley, and a Desert that Blossoms like the
Rose_ 380

XXVII. _Visalia, Bakersfield, and Life on a Spacious Ranch_ 399

XXVIII. _Los Angeles_ 421

XXIX. _To San Diego, and the Mexican Frontier_ 448

XXX. _Across Arizona_ 469

XXXI. _Tombstone_ 482

XXXII. _Camp Lowell, Tucson, and San Xavier del Bac_ 496

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LAS CASAS PROTECTING THE AZTECS. By Felix Parra _Frontispiece_

MEXICO, SHOWING PRESENT AND OLD FRONTIER 5

CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO 9

DOMES OF VERA CRUZ 17

MAP OF ENGLISH RAILROAD FROM VERA CRUZ TO MEXICO 25

TRANSCONTINENTAL PROFILE OF MEXICO 31

A RAILWAY JUDAS 33

A FLOWER-SHOW IN THE ZOCALO 43

COMPARATIVE LEVELS OF LAKES 46

THE HOMES OF THE POOR 49

ENTRANCE TO A TENEMENT-HOUSE 51

OLD SPANISH PALACE IN THE CALLE DE JESUS 56

SEMI-VILLA ON THE PASEO OF BUCARELLI 57

THE MODERN STYLE 58

PORCELAIN HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO STREET 59

THE DRIVE TO CHAPULTEPEC 63

GENERAL RAILWAY SYSTEM OF MEXICO 75

THE GREAT SPANISH DRAINAGE CUT 85

PAY CARAVAN ON THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ROAD 91

“NOT HERE FOR THEIR HEALTH” 93

MODERN SHOP-FRONTS AT MEXICO 99

THE “PORTALES” AT MEXICO 102

A “MERCERIA” AT PUEBLA 106

INTERIOR COURT-YARD OF MEXICAN RESIDENCE 111

MEXICAN COURTSHIP 113

THE DEATH OF ATALA. By Luis Monroy 123

GENERAL PORFIRIO DIAZ, EX-PRESIDENT OF MEXICO 139

GENERAL MANUEL GONZALES, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO 143

ENVIRONS OF MEXICO 150

SUNDAY DIVERSIONS AT SANTA ANITA 153

CREW OF “LA NINFA ENCANTADORA” 165

THE “FIND” 169

IN TIERRA CALIENTE 186

THE HILL OF EL BORREGO, AT ORIZABA 196

PRISONERS WEAVING SASHES AT CHOLULA 217

OLD FONT AT TLAXCALA 222

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN PULPIT IN AMERICA. TLAXCALA 223

PART OF CONVENT OF SAN FRANCISCO. TLAXCALA 224

SUPERINTENDENT’S HOUSE AT REGLA 241

PLOUGHMAN IN GRASS CLOAK 243

THE HACIENDA OF TEPENACASCO 246

THE THRESHING-FLOOR 249

THE TLACHIQUERO 251

NURSE AND CHILDREN AT THE HACIENDA 261

THE “DILIGENCIA” 267

OUR CAVALCADE AT IGUALA 281

THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS 290

ALCATRAZ ISLAND 297

“NOB” HILL, FROM THE BAY 299

CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 305

LONE MOUNTAIN 309

“HIGH JINKS” OF THE BOHEMIAN CLUB AMONG THE BIG TREES 313

GOLDEN GATE, FROM GOAT ISLAND 317

HIGH-GRADE RESIDENCES 327

CHINESE FISHING-BOATS IN THE BAY 331

CHINESE QUARTER, SAN FRANCISCO 335

A BALCONY IN THE CHINESE QUARTER 337

IN A CHINESE THEATRE 339

RAILWAY ROUTE: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA 345

PALO ALTO 354

RALSTON’S COUNTRY HOUSE 357

BOTTLING CHAMPAGNE AT SAN FRANCISCO 361

A BRANDY CELLAR, SAN JOSÉ 363

A BIT OF OLD MONTEREY 365

LOOKOUT STATION 367

CUTTING UP THE WHALE 369

THE HOTEL DEL MONTE, MONTEREY 371

CLIFFS AND FOREST AT MONTEREY 373

CHINESE FISHING VILLAGE 375

SAN CARLOS’S-DAY AT THE OLD MISSION 376

DRYING FISH AT CHINESE VILLAGE 377

COURT-HOUSE AT FRESNO 387

PRIVATE RESIDENCE AT FRESNO 393

FIRST BUILDING IN VISALIA 400

AN OLD-TIMER 401

LOGGING, BACK OF VISALIA 403

CHINATOWN, BAKERSFIELD 409

GYPSY CAMP AT BAKERSFIELD 411

A TYPICAL RANCH-HOUSE 414

SAN LUIS OBISPO 416

A RODEO 418

THE KERN RIVER CAÑON 419

TEHACHAPI PASS 422

MAIN STREET, LOS ANGELES 425

DON PIO PICO 428

MONGOLIAN AND MEXICAN 430

PARADISE 437

A MEXICAN WEDDING AT SAN GABRIEL 441

THE VINTAGE, SAN GABRIEL 443

IRRIGATING AN ORANGE-ORCHARD 445

A SYLVAN GLIMPSE AT RIVERSIDE 449

ADOBE RESIDENCE AT RIVERSIDE 451

ADOBE RESIDENCE AT RIVERSIDE 452

OLD MISSION AT SANTA BARBARA 455

PLAZA OF SAN DIEGO, OLD TOWN 457

OLD MISSION AT SAN DIEGO 460

DON JUAN FORSTER 461

SEÑORA FORSTER 462

FORSTER’S RANCH 463

SAN LUIS REY 465

A TICHBORNE CLAIMANT 466

THE COLORADO RIVER AT YUMA 473

PASQUAL, CHIEF OF THE YUMAS 476

YUMA INDIANS AT HOME 477

DISTANT VIEW OF TOMBSTONE 484

“ED” SCHIEFFELIN 487

A TOMBSTONE SHERIFF AND CONSTITUENTS 494

APACHE PRISONERS AT CAMP LOWELL 497

AN ARIZONA WATERING-PLACE 499

CACTUS GROWTHS OF THE DESERT 501

STREET VIEW IN TUCSON 503

EXTERIOR OF MISSION CHURCH OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC 505

INTERIOR OF CHURCH OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC 507