CHAPTER XX.

_San Francisco to Los Angelos._

Off for Los Angelos.--A Race with the _Golden Age_.--A Pacific Sea.--Coast Scenes.--Santa Barbara.--Spanish Missions.--San Pedro.--San Diego.--Her Harbor.--John Phœnix.--A Deserted Village.--The County Jail.--Climate.--Business.--Whale-fishing.--San Pedro again.--Wilmington.--Gen. Banning.--A Representative Californian.--The Village Barber--The Los Angelos Plains.--Rancheros.--Wild Geese, etc.--Acequias.--Los Angelos and its Suburbs.--Population.--Climate.--Sundays.--Vineyards.--"Don Benito" Wilson.--His Noble Ranch.--His Orange Groves, Vineyards, Wine-cellars, etc.--Cheap Lands. 322-338