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The great redwood trees of California would be considered mere underbrush compared with the giant forest trees extending for miles and miles in all directions. In many directions along the foothills of the mountains vast herds of cattle were seen during the last day of our travel on the river. THE GREAT REDWOOD TREES OF CALIFORNIA WOULD BE CONSIDERED MERE UNDERBRUSH COMPARED WITH THE GIANT FOREST TREES EXTENDING FOR MILES AND MILES IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN MANY DIRECTIONS ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE MOUNTAINS VAST HERDS OF CATTLE WERE SEEN DURING THE LAST DAY OF OUR TRAVEL ON THE RIVER
d been taken on board. My father said as nearly as he could judge, we were directly under Stockholm or London. The city we had reached was called "Jehu," signifying a seaport town. The houses were large and beautifully constructed, and quite uniform in appearance, yet without sameness. The principal occupation of the people appeared to be agriculture; the hillsides were covered with vineyards, while the valleys were devoted to the growing of grain. I never saw such a display of gold. It was everywhere. The door-casings were inlaid and the tables were veneered with sheetings of gold. Domes of the public buildings were of gold. It was used most generously in the finishings of the great temples of music. Vegetation grew in lavish exuberance, and fruit of all kinds possessed the most delicate flavor. Clusters of grapes four and five feet in length, each grape as large as an orange, and apples larger than a man's head typified the wonderful growth of all things on the "inside" of the earth.  TWO DAYS AFTER WE HAD BEEN TAKEN ON BOARD MY FATHER SAID AS NEARLY AS HE COULD JUDGE WE WERE DIRECTLY UNDER STOCKHOLM OR LONDON THE CITY WE HAD REACHED WAS CALLED JEHOU SIGNIFYING A SEAPORT TOWN THE HOUSES WERE LARGE AND BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED AND QUITE UNIFORM IN APPEARANCE YET WITHOUT THE SAMENESS THE PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION OF THE PEOPLE APPEARED TO BE AGRICULTURE THE HILLSIDES WERE COVERED WITH VINEYARDS WHILE THE VALLEYS WERE DEVOTED TO THE GROWING OF GREEN I NEVER SAW SUCH A DISPLAY OF GOLD IT WAS EVERYWHERE THE DOORCASINGS WERE INLAID AND THE TABLES WERE VENEERED WITH SHEETINGS OF GOLD DOMES OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS WERE OF GOLD IT WAS USED MOST GENEROUSLY IN THE FINISHINGS OF THE GREAT TEMPLES OF MUSIC VEGETATION GREW IN LAVISH EXUBERANCE AND FRUIT OF ALL KINDS POSSESSED THE MOST DELICATE FLAVOR CLUSTERS OF GRAPES FOUR AND FIVE FEET IN LENGTH EACH GRAPE AS LARGE AS AN ORANGE AND APPLES LARGER THAN A MAN'S HEAD TYPIFIED THE WONDERFUL GROWTH OF ALL THINGS ON THE INSIDE OF THE EARTH
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