, 1878-10-31
NOTES Of TRAVEL.
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and We are out of the fog. There Is
bmcing air from the n. w. which is very
agreeable after so many days OF tropicaI
heat.
Wednesday, Jan. 10th. At daylight we
are of the Golden Gate. There is dense
bank OF fog over the land aud we cannot
go III till it clears up so that the pilot can
find us. There are five ships IN company
with Us. waiting to 90 in. AT A. NJ the
fog lifted and the pilot came on board,
and we are under way once more. About
10 A. NJ. we came along sitlc OF the wharf
and di|embarked. San Francisco is a
beautiful city. 1t is situated on n number
of high hills. Everything here is new and
strange. 1t seems as though had been in
Il new world ever since left New York.
There are many beautiful and costly build
ings here which resemble the buildings in
the eastern states, and most OF the peo-
pie are white aud speak the English l'lh-
2,mge, but aside from this everything IS
strange, even the very air is different.
Many of the streets are so steep that
horse and vehicle cannot travel in them
without making zigzag course like a
vessel beating to the windwarl. In the
door-yarlS OF the houses there are roses,
pinks. gcranums. iuchas and oleandrr>
in bloom. Where there iSanytling green,
it Is very green. There is tree grows
here. called Australian Gun. They are
st ont in til" streets for shade trees. aud
grow very fast and are very beautiful.
One of tile strlmgrst sights here are the
ChincaSe. YoL see them every where ana
engaged in every kind OF business. They
are the servants IN most Of the houses and
take the place Of girl. spent nearly
whole day in going through the Chimes,
quarter OF the city. 1t does not smell
very sweet. or is not very ciean. They
speak their OWN language and dress the
same as they do in their own country, and
have their own tlrater'S aud joss houses,
or temples. visited the theatre. All the
actors ale men and boys the womanS
part of the pay is taken by men. | could
not understand single word of the play.
The music As well aS the acting, is hoTrid.
A young Chinaman went with me who Is
living ut Frank Rediields ana does the
general housrwOrk there. He Interpreted
the u ny for me. He also took me into
me joss house and showed me IA Chinese
god. There was 10 one there but us two.
There was little taper burning on the
stand in front Of him. and he was dressed
in great SplcndOr WAS about the size of
I'M ordinary man. and hnd n long black
braid but no pig-tail. All the Chinese have
their hair braided IN a single braid and
hanging down on the back of their heads
It. generally reaches down rs low rs the
knee This Chnaman told me he used to
worship JOSS. but was not going TO any
more. but belonged to the Christian Mis-
sion. He took me Into the Mission rooms
and Introduced me to the Missionary.
There were nearly n Hundred Cinnamon
in the room trying to learn our language.
The Missionary told me that the hardest
thing to teach them. was the use OF letters.
is they do not have any spelling IN their
country. One Sunday visited the Odd
Fellows and Catholic cemeteries, in san
Francisco. The Odd Fellows was very
beautiful and iull OF flowers. ! saw
geraniums there that were as large rs trees.
the stalk being two or three inches thick.
Nearly every grave was Il flower garden.
The name OF the Catholic Cemetary Is
Lone Mountain. 1t Is mountain OF sand
and there is very large cross standing on
the very top. Most Of the graves hive a
fence built around them about the size and
shape OF cottage bed-stead. I suppose
II is partly TO keep the sand from drifting
over the graves. From there | went to
the Cliff House, about two miles distant.
and saw the sea-lions. There are thou
sands Of them and they make an intolcra-
BILE noise. There are three rocks about
the size OF Cedar Island. only very steep.
ana these lions climb to the very top
There is one old big one they call Ben.
Butler, lie generally manages to get to the
top OF the heap. One OF the most inter-
esting sights | saw was the old Mission
Church. Here was the first settlement by
whites. Where San Francisco now stands
The church has three bells set in the front
wall but no tower There is II beautiful
cemetery adjoining. ! lett San Francisco
for Puget Sound. the 10Th of January.
1877. | will write you of some OF the
incidents of the voyage soon.
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