Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
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- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OREGON,
- SANDWICH ISLANDS.
- MR. AND MRS. HENRY A. DIKE,
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:
- ITS AGRICULTURAL VALLEYS, DAIRIES, FORESTS, FRUIT-FARMS, ETC.
- APPENDIX.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, OREGON,
- THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
- CHAPTER I.
- HONOLULU AND THE ISLAND OF OAHU.
- CHAPTER II.
- HILO, WITH SOME VOLCANOES.
- CHAPTER III.
- MAUI, AND THE SUGAR CULTURE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- KAUAI, WITH A GLANCE AT CATTLE AND SHEEP.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE HAWAIIAN AT HOME: MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE LEPER ASYLUM ON MOLOKAI.
- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:
- ITS AGRICULTURAL VALLEYS, DAIRIES, FORESTS, FRUIT-FARMS, ETC.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY: A GENERAL VIEW, WITH HINTS TO TOURISTS AND SPORTSMEN.
- CHAPTER II.
- WINE AND RAISINS—PROFITS OF DRYING FRUITS.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE TULE LANDS AND LAND DRAINAGE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SHEEP-GRAZING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
- CHAPTER V.
- THE CHINESE AS LABORERS AND PRODUCERS.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE MENDOCINO COAST AND CLEAR LAKE—GENERAL VIEW.
- CHAPTER VII.
- AN INDIAN RESERVATION.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- THE REDWOODS AND THE SAW-MILL COUNTRY OF MENDOCINO.
- CHAPTER IX.
- DAIRY-FARMING IN CALIFORNIA.
- CHAPTER X.
- TEHAMA AND BUTTE, AND THE UPPER COUNTRY.
- CHAPTER XI.
- TOBACCO CULTURE—WITH A NEW METHOD OF CURING THE LEAF.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE FARALLON ISLANDS.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE COLUMBIA RIVER AND PUGET SOUND—HINTS TO TOURISTS.
- APPENDIX.
- CONTRIBUTIONS OF A VENERABLE SAVAGE TO THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.[A]
- NOTES.
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