Excerpt from To and Fro, Up and Down in Southern California, Oregon, and Washington Territory: With Sketches in Arizona, New Mexico and British Columbia

The title of this book aptly expresses the char acter of its contents. Its chapters form a series of sketches, picturing such only of the scenes, events, incidents, industries, enterprises, institutions, and people of the coast as came within the writer's ob servation or knowledge, and as, it is believed, will contribute most to the service and enjoyment of the reader.

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