FOOTNOTES: 

[E] Board of Directors.—­Messrs. J. Gregory Smith, R.D.  Rice, Thomas H. Canfield, W.B.  Ogden, William G. Morehead, W.G.  Fargo, B.P.  Cheney, Geo. W. Cass, Frederick Billings, William Windom, James Stinson, Samuel M. Felton, Charles B. Wright. Trustees,—­Messrs. Jay Cooke and J. Edgar Thompson.

[F] The line, it is now judged, will give about sixty millions of acres.

CHAPTER XIII.

OTHER CLIMATES THAN MINNESOTA.

Sketches of other climates and localities favorable to invalids.—­California.—­Mortuary statistics of San Francisco.—­The wet and dry seasons.—­San Diego the best place.—­Florida and its reputation.—­Nassau as a resort.—­Fayal and its climate,—­English and American visitors.—­Means of access.

Other climates and localities than Minnesota have for many years enjoyed more or less of a high reputation as healthful resorts for the consumptive, and while the chief purpose of this volume has been the consideration of the character and climate of our Northwest, yet it seems not inappropriate that some mention at least should be given to these other places, even though it be extremely brief.  Beyond a general outlining of some of the prevailing characteristics appertaining to each locality, we do not deem it desirable or necessary to go, since all who contemplate journeys to any one of them will, of course, consult such writers as have considered in detail the various merits or demerits of the several climates.

Considerable attention has been called the last few years to the reputed healthfulness of the State of

CALIFORNIA.

The first years of its occupation by Americans very trifling consideration was given by any one to any data whereby the true character of the climate could be judged.  It was a new experience altogether for people of the old States to encounter a region possessing many characteristics of a semi-tropical country in combination with those with which they were familiar in the latitude of their own homes.  To see roses blooming in the gardens of San Francisco during the winter months, and experiencing in summer cool, restful nights, was quite calculated to call forth much of earnest and cordial compliment, whether any real virtue inhered in the climate of this particular locality or not.  While this flattering state of things existed at San Francisco, back among the Sierras the poor miners had many and doubtful struggles in trying to ward off the severe and frequent storms which prevail throughout the long and tedious winters.