Across America; Or, The Great West and the Pacific Coast
CHAPTER XXVIII.
_Virginia City to Stockton._
Return by Placerville.--Carson City.--Carson River and Valley.--The Sierras again.--Mountain Turnpikes.--A Rough Night's Travel.--Crossing the Summit.--An Ambitious Mother and her Florence Mary.--A Morning Ride.--Lake Tahoe.--Splendid Stage-driving.--Placerville.--Sacramento City again.--California's Wealth of Roses, etc.--Country to Stockton.--Live Oaks.--Wheat-fields.--Vineyards.--Flocks and Herds.--Wind-mills.--Stockton itself. 437-442