xiv, 333, [xx] pp. 24 page ads at rear. Large folding map; woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) original blue cloth, stamped in gilt, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down. First Edition.
Contains the voyage across the Isthmus of Panama and description, arrival at San Francisco, description of S.F., Vancouver Island, San Juan, Nanaimo, Fraser River, sport in Vancouver, back to San Francisco, arrival in Panama, Payta, alligator hunt, Tome, Valparaiso, Callao, Sandwich Islands, Honolulu, Queen Emma, trip to Yosemite, Mariposa Grove, deer hunting in Vancouver Island, Mazatlan, etc. Among the plates are the following: Honolulu, Mariposa Grave, Yosemite Valley and Crossing the Isthmus of Panama. The appendices contain general remarks on the passage from Panama to San Francisco, and to Vancouver Island; and remarks on the passage from Tome to Connor Cove, Smyth's, Channel Puerto Bueno, Isthmus Bay, Sandy Points, Ascension, St. Vincent, Vigo, and Plymouth Sound. A mine of interesting and valuable information. Lowther 428. Not in Howes or Cowan.