. To California and back;. tinent and the fleets of two oceans clasp hands andcomplete the circuit of the globe. As if it were fearful of being hid, it is set uponnot one but a score of hills, overlooking land and you near it, by way of Oakland Ferry, it appearsto be built in terraced rows rising steeply from thewater-front; but that is a bit of foreshortening. Itis still rather motley in architecture. Low framebuildings were at first the rule, partly because theywere sufficient to the climate and partly in deferenceto traditions of earthquake; but at length buildersventured taller stru
. To California and back;. tinent and the fleets of two oceans clasp hands andcomplete the circuit of the globe. As if it were fearful of being hid, it is set uponnot one but a score of hills, overlooking land and you near it, by way of Oakland Ferry, it appearsto be built in terraced rows rising steeply from thewater-front; but that is a bit of foreshortening. Itis still rather motley in architecture. Low framebuildings were at first the rule, partly because theywere sufficient to the climate and partly in deferenceto traditions of earthquake; but at length buildersventured taller structures, of brick and stone, and nowevery year many lofty elegant buildings are no one of them has been shaken down asyet, and possibly the architects have authority forbelieving that even Vulcan is superannuated and inhis second childhood is appeased with a rattle. It is a city of fair aspect, undulating from thewaters edge, Mhere children play upon the broadsands and sea-lions clamber over jutting rocks, t
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