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[3]-92 + [4] ad pp. 9x5¼, original front wrapper, bound in later cloth. First Edition.

One of the best contemporary accounts of travels to the northern mines of California. Tyson journeyed by way of Panama, and arrived in California on May 18, 1849. Tyson was the first competent professional physician to record for the prospective emigrant information for the preservation of his health both while en route and while in the mines. Kurutz notes that "Tyson's book is important in that it not only describes his adventures, but also includes advice on how to stay healthy for those crossing the Isthmus or working in the mines. He wrote: 'I never saw so many broken-down constitutions as during my brief stay in California.'" This copy lacks the title-leaf (pp.1-2), but, as Kurutz notes, the wrapper title is the same save for the addition of "The Land of Promise" above the border.