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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

CRUSOE'S ISLAND.

• I. THE BOAT ADVENTURE. 9
• II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE ISLAND. 22
• III. GOING ASHORE. 25
• IV. CONDITION OF THE ISLAND IN 1849. 28
• V. ROBINSON CRUSOE'S CAVE. 37
• VI. THE VALLEY ON FIRE. 48
• VII. THE CAVE OF THE BUCCANEERS. 54
• VIII. LODGINGS UNDER GROUND. 55
• IX. COOKING FISH. 62
• X. RAMBLE INTO THE INTERIOR. 71
• XI. THE VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT. 75
• XII. A STRANGE DISCOVERY. 77
• XIII. THE STORM AND ESCAPE. 86
• XIV. THE AMERICAN CRUSOE. 91
• XV. CASTLE OF THE AMERICAN CRUSOE. 96
• XVI. DIFFICULTY BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND THE DOUBTER. 99
• XVII. THE MURDER. 106
• XVIII. THE SKULL. 112
• XIX. THE GOVERNOR'S VISION. 117
• XX. THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY. 120
• XXI. BAD DREAM CONCERNING THE DOUBTER. 123
• XXII. THE UNPLEASANT AFFAIR OF HONOR. 127
• XXIII. DR. STILLMAN'S JOURNAL. 142
• XXIV. CONFIDENTIAL CHAT WITH THE READER. 147
• XXV. EARLY VOYAGES TO JUAN FERNANDEZ. 151
• XXVI. ALEXANDER SELKIRK AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. 161

A DANGEROUS JOURNEY.

• I. THE CANNIBAL. 167
• II. THE MIRAGE. 172
• III. A DEATH STRUGGLE. 180
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• IV. THE OUTLAW'S CAMP. 189
• V. THE ESCAPE. 201
• VI. A LONELY RIDE. 209
• VII. THE ATTACK. 214
• VIII. SAN MIGUEL. 222
• IX. A DANGEROUS ADVENTURE. 228
• X. A TRAGEDY. 235

OBSERVATIONS IN OFFICE.

• I. MY OFFICIAL EXPERIENCES. 249
• II. THE GREAT PORT TOWNSEND CONTROVERSY, SHOWING HOW WHISKY BUILT A CITY. 270
• III. THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA. 284

A PEEP AT WASHOE.

• I. INTRODUCTORY. 309
• II. START FOR WASHOE. 322
• III. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 350
• IV. AN INFERNAL CITY. 365
• V. SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA CITY. 385
• VI. ESCAPE FROM VIRGINIA CITY. 394
• VII. MY WASHOE AGENCY. 404
• VIII. START FOR HOME. 416
• IX. ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO. 430

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CRUSOE'S ISLAND.

• Map of Juan Fernandez. 9
• Leaving the Ship. 13
• Boat in a Storm. 16
• Struck by a Flaw. 18
• Shipwrecked Sailor. 19
• Juan Fernandez. 23
• Crusoe's Castle. 26
• Crusoe at Home. 27
• Plan of the Convict Cells. 28
• Convict Cells. 30
• Chilian Huts. 31
• Walrus, or Sea Lion. 36
• Crusoe's Cave. 39
• A Relic of Crusoe. 40
• Crusoe's Devotions. 41
• The Valley with the Cave and Cliff. 42
• Dream-land Crusoe. 44
• Fairy Cove. 45
• Rescue of Friday. 46
• Crusoe asleep. 48
• The Californians in Juan Fernandez. 51
• Fishing. 53
• Crusoe and his Comrades. 57
• Cooking in Juan Fernandez. 62
• The Cliff. 64
• Abraham on the Peak. 69
• The Trogon. 74
• The Valley. 76
• The Skull. 85
• The American Crusoe. 92
• Tragic Fate of the Scotchman. 107
• The Lovers. 109
• Grave of the murdered Man. 111
• The Doubter. 121
• The Footprint in the Sand. 124
• The Savage Orgies. 125
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• The Doubter back again. 133
• Swallowing an Island. 140
• Dreams and Realities. 145
• Peak of Yonka. 146
• Scenery of Juan Fernandez. 148
• Killing Savages. 149
• The Author à la Robinson Crusoe. 150
• Chilian and Chilienne. 157

A DANGEROUS JOURNEY.

• Mirage in the Salinas Valley. 168
• Pass of San Juan. 173
• Antelopes in the Mirage. 175
• Vulture in the Mirage. 176
• A Duel à la Mort. 186
• The Camp. 192
• Jack. 193
• A lonely Ride. 210
• The Attack. 217
• San Miguel. 224
• A Spanish Caballero. 226
• Valley of Santa Marguerita. 230
• Lassoing a Grizzly. 233
• The Belle of the Fandango. 239

OBSERVATIONS IN OFFICE.

• The Duke of York, Queen Victoria, and Jenny Lind. 274
• The Diggers at Home. 285
• Out in the Mountains. 301
• Protecting the Settlers. 305

A PEEP AT WASHOE.

• The Bummer. 311
• Going to Kern River. 312
• Returning from Kern River. 313
• Ho! for Frazer River. 315
• Returned from Frazer River. 318
• Hurrah for Washoe. 321
• The Agency. 323
• "I say, Cap!" 326
• Dollars with Spider legs (a Dream). 327
• "Go it, Washoe!" 329
• The Pocket Pistol. 331
• California Stage-driver. 333
• Whisky below. 334
• "Carambo! Caraja—Sacramento!—Santa Maria!—Diavolo!" 335
• Board and Lodging. 337
• Grindstones. 339
• A Speculator. 341
• Dinner at Strawberry. 345
• The Lay-out. 348
• The Stocking-thief. 349
• The Trail from Strawberry. 351
• "We are waiting for you." 354
• A short Cut. 355
• Diogenes. 358
• Carson City. 362
• The Stage. 369
• The Devil's Gate. 371
• Virginia City. 373
• A Question of Title. 375
• "My Claim, Sir!" 377
• Gold Hill. 379
• San Francisco Speculators. 380
• Assay Office. 381
• A Fall. 384
• The Comstock Lead. 386
• The Claims. 389
• "Silver, certain, Sir." 391
• "Indications, sure!" 393
• An old Friend. 399
• Carson Valley. 403
• Holding on to it. 405
• Mount Ophir. 407
• Croppings. 408
• The Flowery Diggings. 409
• Honest Miner. 410
• "A gloomy Prospect." 411
• Return from Washoe. 417
• Outgoing and Incoming. 419
• The Jew's Boots. 421
• Snow Slide. 424
• The Grade. 427
• Return to San Francisco. 433
• Reading extra Bulletin. 436