. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . well outside the GoldenGate, and had turned her prow to the northward. The day was delight-ful, the sky being without a cloud, and the air of that agreeable tempera-ture that makes it neither too hot nor too cold. Unfortunately for theirrate of progress, the wind was directly in their faces, and the captain ofthe Scaininon told them that the prevailing wind on the coast during thesummer is from the north. When we come back, said he, we willget along fast enough ; but on the upward trip we must have a great dealof patience and coal. Steam
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . well outside the GoldenGate, and had turned her prow to the northward. The day was delight-ful, the sky being without a cloud, and the air of that agreeable tempera-ture that makes it neither too hot nor too cold. Unfortunately for theirrate of progress, the wind was directly in their faces, and the captain ofthe Scaininon told them that the prevailing wind on the coast during thesummer is from the north. When we come back, said he, we willget along fast enough ; but on the upward trip we must have a great dealof patience and coal. Steamers will sometimes be four days going fromthe Golden Gate to the mouth of the Columbia River, while they makethe return trip in two. Nothing of special importance occurred during the voyage. Thesteamer held her course so that she was generally in si^ht of land, and O «/ O at times she ran among the islands, and seemed to be in an inland stopped a few hours at Victoria, in Vancouvers Island, and again at VIEW OF S1TKA. 275 00H O93 O S^ao K r H. 276 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. Sitka, the capital of what was once the Ilnssian Territory of Alaska, butwas transferred several years ago to the United States. It was raining when they reached the latter point, and for their conso-lation the boys were told that Sitka has the reputation of being one ofthe most rainy places in the world. Directly back of the town is Mount •/ 1 i/ Edgecumbe, an extinct volcano, nearly eight thousand feet high, but theiclotuls and fogs hang round it so much that the summit is rarely town stands on a narrow strip of lowland at the base of this moun-tain, and the most prominent building in it is the military head-quarters,formerly the residence of the Russian governor. It stands on a rockyhill, and lias a flight of steps leading up to it. To the right and left ofthe hill are the houses of the residents, and there is a large church afterthe Russian model, with its roof and spires painted a bright
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