CHAPTER XVII.

_San Francisco._

Her Position Geographically.--Her Great Bay.--Location of City faulty.--Her Sand-hills.--Her Sea-wall.--Her Great Commerce.--Some Statistics.--The View from Telegraph Hill.--Her Progress and Energy.--Bad Climate.--Her Rainy Winters.--Her Earthquakes.--Her Raw Summers.--Montgomery Street.--Her Public Buildings.--Private Residences.--Flower Gardens.--Wind-mills.--The Representative Californian.--Montgomery Street Dames.--Her Sabbaths.--Jewish Synagogue.--Starr King's Church.--Other Churches.--Society generally. 276-289