Mountains and Molehills, Or, Recollections of a Burnt JournalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - 467 sider Frank Marryat (1826-1855) left England for California via Panama with a manservant and three hunting dogs in 1850, hoping to find material for a book like his earlier Borneo. On his return to England in 1853, Marryat married and brought his bride back to California that same year. Yellow fever contracted on shipboard forced him to cut the trip short and return to England where he died two years later. Mountains and molehills (1855) is a sportsman-tourist's chronicle of California in the early 1850s: hunting, horse races, bear and bull fights. It also includes an Englishman's bemused comments on social life in San Francisco, Stockton, and the gold fields. |
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... afterwards we meet more travellers homeward bound , some on foot , with a stout buckthorn stick and bundle , and others on mules , with shouldered rifles . Each one , as I passed , asked me what state I was from , and if I came in the ...
... afterwards we meet more travellers homeward bound , some on foot , with a stout buckthorn stick and bundle , and others on mules , with shouldered rifles . Each one , as I passed , asked me what state I was from , and if I came in the ...
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... afterwards , there arrived from Don Raymond eight mules , in charge of a young Californian Vaccaro " * or cattle - driver ; the mules were * From Vacca or Vaca - cow . accompanied by an old white mare with a bell hung.
... afterwards , there arrived from Don Raymond eight mules , in charge of a young Californian Vaccaro " * or cattle - driver ; the mules were * From Vacca or Vaca - cow . accompanied by an old white mare with a bell hung.
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... afterwards appeared , Don Raymond was very anxious that Thomas and I should mount two of his horses , and , in company with some of his Spanish friends , ride over the ranche ; we were to take our rifles and shoot all that came in our ...
... afterwards appeared , Don Raymond was very anxious that Thomas and I should mount two of his horses , and , in company with some of his Spanish friends , ride over the ranche ; we were to take our rifles and shoot all that came in our ...
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... afterwards discovered to be true . It destroyed in a great measure the pleasure of our sport , for we lost many a good shot from looking on the ground - which men are apt to do occasionally when once satisfied of the existence of a ...
... afterwards discovered to be true . It destroyed in a great measure the pleasure of our sport , for we lost many a good shot from looking on the ground - which men are apt to do occasionally when once satisfied of the existence of a ...
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Frank Marryat. unpleasant to hear . Higher up the country we afterwards killed one or two young ones ; but we soon exercised such precautions as insured our not being brought too frequently in contact with them . I have heard of many ...
Frank Marryat. unpleasant to hear . Higher up the country we afterwards killed one or two young ones ; but we soon exercised such precautions as insured our not being brought too frequently in contact with them . I have heard of many ...
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Mountains and Molehills: Or, Recollections of a Burnt Journal Frank Marryat,John Boardman Trask Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1855 |
Mountains and Molehills: Or, Recollections of a Burnt Journal Frank Marryat,John Boardman Trask Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1855 |
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Acapulco afterwards American animal appearance arrived auriferous Australian Kangaroo Barnes became Benicia blankets boats California captain carried CHAGRES RIVER Chinese Coast Mountains commenced corral coyote crested partridge crowd deer digger diggings discovered dogs dollars emigrant ENGLISH SADDLES excitement eyes fact fellow fire fortunate gold gold country grizzly bear gulch head hills horses hundred Indians iron judge labour land lasso leave life-buoys live look Mexican miles miners mines mountains mules never night observed Old Soldier once Panama party passed passengers plain population probably quartz Quilp Raymond reader red-wood trees respect returned rifle road rocks round Russian River Sacramento saddle saloon San Francisco scarcely ship shooting shot side soil Sonora soon Spanish steamer Stockton stream turned Tuttle Town vaccaros Vallejo valley vein waggon whilst wild yellow fever