. The Pacific coast scenic tour, from southern California to Alaska, the Canadian Pacific railway, Yellowstone Park and the Grand Cañon. ican Scenic Tour, we must ofcourse take in one of the Great Lakes, Niagara Falls,the Thousand Islands and Rapids of the St. Lawrence,Lakes Champlain and George, and the Hudson River, — X PREFACE. scenes which have been too often described to betouched upon here. I have seen parts of four conti-nents, but am still looking for a tour equal to the oneoutlined in this volume with the addition just includes the grandest water-falls, the largest hikes,the
. The Pacific coast scenic tour, from southern California to Alaska, the Canadian Pacific railway, Yellowstone Park and the Grand Cañon. ican Scenic Tour, we must ofcourse take in one of the Great Lakes, Niagara Falls,the Thousand Islands and Rapids of the St. Lawrence,Lakes Champlain and George, and the Hudson River, — X PREFACE. scenes which have been too often described to betouched upon here. I have seen parts of four conti-nents, but am still looking for a tour equal to the oneoutlined in this volume with the addition just includes the grandest water-falls, the largest hikes,the finest river scenery and geysers, the most stupen-dous glaciers, and some of the most superb snow-peaksand ranges in the whole world; while the Yosemiteand the Grand Cauon are absolutely unique and with-out rivals anywhere. Most of the illustrations in this volume are by cour-teous permission reproduced from photographs in theexcellent collection of Messrs. Taber, San Francisco,Haynes, Yellowstone Park, B. C. Towne & ]\Iacalpin &Lamb, Portland, and Iierce & Blanchard, Los Angeles. H. T. F. ToKio, Japan, August, 1890,. THE PACIFIC SLOPE—FROM MEXICO TO ALASKA. CONTENTS. I. Los Angeles County. PAGE Across the Contiuent — A Storm in the Desert — A Contemptuous City— Progress and Prospects — The Land Boom — Climate and Crops —Ostrich-Farming — A Vineyard Terror — The Native Wines — Quail-Hunting 1 n. Southern California in Winter. A Collapsed Boom — Los Angeles To-day — Prospects for Immigra-tion — Poultry and Cattle — Five Sources of Water for Irrigation —Windmills, and Tunnels under River-Beds 15 III. The Great American Paradise. Value of Reservoirs — Winter in Southern California — Flowers andSunshine — Where Raia means Better Weather—Dry Air andSea-Breezes — Fogs and Frost — California for Invalids as comparedwith Italy, Spain, and Africa —Rural Cities of the Future —ThePacific Andalusia — Some Disadvantages — Gophers, Dust-St
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