Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF CALIFORNIA.
nia, digging gold and doing various other kinds of
work, doing nearly all the domestic work of the
country-and doing it weU-the very best substitute
for female labor. Their labor was indispensabte
from the very first. Had it not been for them, California could not have been made the great State she
is to-day-they and the country were benefited by
their coming. When the railroad was to be built
they stood ready to do the work by thousands.
The better they are known, the more their labor
is demanded. They seem to be contented and happy here. Yet, not one of them has signified his
intention to become a citizen, notwithstanding the
State imposes a tax on him for mining, of four dollars a month, which he could save if he were a citizeti. The longer I remained among them, the more
favorably was I impressed with their usefulness.
There is such an amount of human life in China,
that many of them live half starved from generation
to generation, and become diminutive-not larger
than the average of our females. Yet John, (they
are called by that name here,) is quite strong, enduring, active, quick to learn, quick to imitate, mild
in disposition, kindly disposed, industrious, willing,
economical-can live on very little, and will use that
little to the very best advantage for himself or for
his employer. A certain class, mostly foreigners
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