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PAGE Synopsis of the Journey.--Crossing the Continent.--A Great Midland City.--Utah and the Mormons.--The Sierra Nevada.--San Francisco.--A Herd of Sea-Lions.--Possibilities of California.--The Love of Flowers.--Public School System.--Excursion to the Yosemite.--An Indian Stronghold.--Description of the Valley.--Passage of the Mountains.--Caught in a Snow-Storm.--A Forest of Feathers.--The Mammoth Trees of California.--Passing the Golden Gate.--Voyage across the Pacific.--A Lost Day 1