Augusta Seminary Annual 1892 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Augusta Seminary Annual 1892 Having heard California described as the "land of eternal summer," you may imagine our surprise upon reaching San Francisco on the second of August to find the women enveloped in furs, and the men in overcoats. We were thinly clad, expecting to find extreme heat, but soon profited by the example of others, and were more comfortable when wrapped in heavy flannels and fur capes. Having lingered in this interesting city for several days, and taken a sad farewell of the Golden Gate and a willing one of China-town, on the eighth of August we boarded the east-bound train of the Southern Pacific Railway. Unfortunately we left San Francisco (there, almost universally called simply "Frisco") at 9 P. M., so our run through the picturesque valley of the Sacramento, and up the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas was made during the night. The next morning while breakfasting, we were surprised to find that we were running through snow. But this was not, strictly speaking, the region of perpetual snow, as it lay only in patches here and there; yet we could note its effect in the air, and drew our wraps more closely around us; within close view were many snow-capped peaks, - in the language of our porter, "White-caps, Miss, dem is, snow never do melt!" Here at an elevation of 7000 feet, the scenery is magnificent, no words of mine can express its granduer. At Summit, the highest point reached by the railway, the train halted, and gave us time for a lingering glace over the hills and valleys leading away toward the peaceful Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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