CHAPTER XVI.

_Fort Vancouver to San Francisco._

Vancouver.--Gen. Steele.--About Sherman.--The Truth as to Grant's Vicksburg Campaign.--A True Army Bachelor.--Isothermal Lines.--Superb Hood again.--Portland.--Her Enterprise and Importance.--Yankee Doodle _vs._ John Bull.--Puget Sound.--Oregonians generally.--John Chinaman.--His Good Qualities.--Off for San Francisco by Steamer.--Mountain Views from Mouth of Willamette.--Jefferson, Hood, Adams, and St. Helen's.--Astoria.--Rain and Fog.--Bar of the Columbia.--Fort Stevens and Cape Disappointment.--Crossing the Bar.--The Oriflamme and Capt. Conner.--Sea Sickness.--Bad Weather.--A Rough Voyage.--Off 'Frisco.--All hail, the Golden Gate! 261-275