. The Pacific tourist . 60 feet wide and 300 mileslong, to irrigate the entire valley on the westside of the river, and serve for transporting theproduce to the tide-water of Suisun Bay. Onceaccomplished this almost desert land, will easilysupport a population of 3,000,000. Fourteen miles south-west from this station isCorral Hollow or Pass, in the mountain range, atthe head of which are extensive coal mines, to-ward which a branch railroad extends five an extra engine is taken to overcome thesteep grade of the Livermore Pass, in the MountDiablo Range. Medwat/,—64 miles from San Fra
. The Pacific tourist . 60 feet wide and 300 mileslong, to irrigate the entire valley on the westside of the river, and serve for transporting theproduce to the tide-water of Suisun Bay. Onceaccomplished this almost desert land, will easilysupport a population of 3,000,000. Fourteen miles south-west from this station isCorral Hollow or Pass, in the mountain range, atthe head of which are extensive coal mines, to-ward which a branch railroad extends five an extra engine is taken to overcome thesteep grade of the Livermore Pass, in the MountDiablo Range. Medwat/,—64 miles from San Francisco, and356 feet above the sea-level, was formerly calledZinc House, from the only building in thishilly region made of material used frequently asa substitute for lumber, then scarce and difficultto transport. The rolling hills are extensivelyfarmed with varied success. The place has buta small population. From this station the traincoils rapidly around the points of hills, across 256 WMM ^m€tFS€ T& VERNAL FALLS, YOSEMITE. BY THOMAS MORAN. high embankments, and through deep cuts, theengine often seen ivom the car window like tliefiery head of a huge serpent. The soil is coarse sand and gravel, the finerparticles of which, and vegetation, too, it seems,have been blown away by the trade-winds, which,pent up by the long range, rush witii concentratedfury over the summit of the pass, and sweepdown with devastating force into the vacuunr onthe heated plains. Suddenly the train enters a tunnel, 1,11G feetlong, the only one between Saci-amento and SanFrancisco, and is in total darkness for twominutes. Emerging, it soon arrives at Altaniont,—west of the summit of the MountDiablo Range, 5G miles from San Francisco,and 740 feet above the level of the sea. Thetraveler will see numerous gray squirrels stand-ing erect at the entrance to their homes. Theyare about as laige as the fox-squirrel of the East-ern States, live in villages of their own, are thepest of the farmer,
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