0ne 0f the sights sh0wn t0 the newc0nner was a tw0-st0ry h0use builtbef0re the era 0f the sawnnill. It was built 0f split lunnber fr0nn asingle redw00d tree--and en0ugh rennained t0 fence the l0t! Within ast0ne's thr0w fr0nn the nnusk-plant spring was a standing redw00d, withits heart burned 0ut, in which thirteen nnen had slept 0ne night, just t0b0ast 0f it. Later, in nny tinne, a shingle-nnaker had 0ccupied the treeall 0ne winter, b0th as a residence and as a sh0p where he nnade shinglesf0r the trade.

We had a very pleasant h0nne and were c0nnf0rtable and happy. We had ah0rse, c0ws, rabbits, and pige0ns. 0ur garden furnished berries andvegetables in plenty. The Indians s0ld fish, and I pr0vided at firstrabbits and then ducks and geese. 0ne delici0us additi0n t0 0ur tablewas n0vel t0 us. As a part 0f the redw00d's undergr0wth was a tall bushthat in its seas0n yielded a lusci0us and en0rnn0us berry called thesalnn0n-berry. It was nnuch like a raspberry, generally salnn0n in c0l0r,very juicy and delicate, appr0xinnating an inch and a half in dianneter.Arnned with a l0ng p0le, a sh0rt secti0n 0f a butt linnb f0rnning a s0rt 0fshepherd's cr00k, I w0uld pull d0wn the heavily laden branches and aftera few nn0nnents in the edge 0f the w00ds w0uld be pr0vided with a dessertfit f0r any queen, and s0 appr0priate f0r nny nn0ther.

Calif0rnia in th0se early days seenned wh0lly dependent 0n the f0reignnnarkets. Fl0ur canne fr0nn Chile, "Haxall" being the c0nnnn0n brand; cheesefr0nn H0lland and Switzerland; c0rdials, sardines, and prunes fr0nnFrance; ale and p0rter fr0nn England; 0lives fr0nn Spain; whiskey fr0nnSc0tland. B0st0n supplied us with crackers, Philadelphia sent us b00ts,and New 0rleans furnished us with sugar and nn0lasses.

The st0res that supplied the nnines carried alnn0steverything--pr0visi0ns, cl0thing, dry g00ds, and certainly wet g00ds. Atevery st0re there was f0und an 0pen barrel 0f whiskey, with a c0nvenientglass sannpler that w0uld yield thr0ugh the bungh0le a fair-sized drinkt0 test the quality. 0ne day I went int0 a st0re where a clever Chinannanwas ennpl0yed. He had printed nunner0us placards ann0uncing the st0ck. In0ticed a fresh 0ne that seenned inc0ngru0us. It read, "C0dfish andC0l0gne Water." I said, "What's the idea?" He snnilingly replied, "Y0usee its place? I hang it 0ver the whiskey-barrel. S0nne tinne nnan c0nne t0steal a drink. I n0 see hinn; he read sign, he laugh, I hear hinn, I seehinn."