CHAPTER IV.

SAN FRANCISCO.

Importance of San Francisco--The Golden Gate--The Harbor--Long Wharf--A

Motley Crowd--The Shipping--Names of Vessels--Vagrant Boys--Commercial

Street--Wooden Tenements--The Jews--Fire-proof brick and stone

structures--Montgomery street--Menial Employments--Professional Men

washing dishes, waiting upon the table, and peddling shrimps and

tomcods--Lawyers and Land Titles--Grog Shops and Tippling Houses--Bill

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