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the country, from the piazza on a clear day we have a view of the Sacramento river Coast Range? beyond--the hills beyond Ma
illegible a little farther north still farther northeast Cape Horn Giant Gap From the hill back of our cottage a long range?
of distant mountains bits of the snowy summits of the Sierras, the intervening? country dense forests of pine oak, not far
distant a small group of half a dozen Sequoia, if you have not already explored this part of the world, why don't you come
up find these Big Trees. Mr.? Howell's is a little comfortable place; he Mrs. H. are busy about their fruit all day, no one
else in the house but Miss Ballard, myself, the Chinaman. we expect to be there a few weeks longer, then return to Oakland,
where we shall certainly help to have the pleasure of seeing you. Yrs truly T. Hunt.