Excerpt from Dust and Foam, or Three Oceans and Two Continents: Being Ten Year's Wanderings in Mexico, South America, Sandwich Island, the East and West Indies, China, Philippines, Australia and Polynesia

A winter's cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, and a year in Europe, had instilled within me a strong taste for travel and nautical adventure, and I hailed with delight the opportunity Offered by the California emigra tion for indulging in my propensities.

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