Chapter VIII: San Francisco and Chinatown

Mountainous Character of the Pacific Coast—The Hills of San
Francisco—Cable-Car Tobogganing—The Golden Gate and Cliff
House— Scenes in the Chinese Quarter—John’s Table
Delicacies—Lunch in a Chinese Restaurant—An Honest
Bookseller—Chinese Women—Opium Dens— Behind the Scenes in a
Chinese Theatre—The Asiatic Trade—California Hotels,
Restaurants, and Wines—Berkeley and the University—The
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