. Our new West : records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean ; over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific Coast ; with details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific Railroad ; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese ; with map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations . aries of Civilization and Christianity—The Morals, Religion andVices of the Chinese—Pictur
. Our new West : records of travel between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean ; over the plains--over the mountains--through the great interior basin--over the Sierra Nevadas--to and up and down the Pacific Coast ; with details of the wonderful natural scenery, agriculture, mines, business, social life, progress, and prospects ... including a full description of the Pacific Railroad ; and of the life of the Mormons, Indians, and Chinese ; with map, portraits, and twelve full page illustrations . aries of Civilization and Christianity—The Morals, Religion andVices of the Chinese—Picture of an Opium-Eater—A Grand ChineseBanquet to Mr. Colfax—A Specimen of Pigeon English—De-scription of the Dinner and how we Ate it,—and then went out toget Something to Eat—Summing up of the Chinaman in America. But Human Nature, too, has its curiosities in Cali-fornia. The presence of the Chinese in such largenumbers in all the Pacific States, but esj)ecially inCalifornia, and the share they have taken already inthe industry and growth of the country, will be asurprise to most strangers. They are freely scatteredeverywhere west of the Rocky Mountains and Utah;every considerable town has its Chinese quarter;they fairly line the Pacific Railroad; they swarm inthe old mining gulches of the mountains; and inevery village of California, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada,and even of B^tish Columbia, we shall find them inmore or less of the kitchens, or gardening in the out- REPRESENTATIVE Two Chinese Merchants, San Francisco.
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