STOCKTON AND SONORA.
Situation of Stockton--The San Joaquin Valley--Trip to Sonora--The best
Hotel in the Place--A Lunatic--A Gambling Prodigy--Shooting Affair--A
case of Lynch Law--Description of Sonora--Land Speculators--Ephemeral
Cities--Excitability of the Californians--The Beard--A good old
Man--His Story 161