A START IN LIFE.
Reading edition
Plans, Maps, Views, Books, Samples of Fruits, Soils, etc., etc., of Land at Merced, in California, may be seen at the Offices of
MESSRS. DOWSETT & CO., 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,
where also further particulars and introductions to the owners at Merced may be obtained.
CONTENTS.
A Suggestion to Persons Seeking a Start in Life Special Advantages Comparison and Warning Across America— London to Chicago Chicago to San Francisco San Francisco to New Orleans New Orleans to London Information About California Currency Merced Price of Land American Surveys Special Instruction Provided Various Estimates as to what could be done with Various Amounts of Capital Price of Fruit Trees When Fruit Trees Pay Position of a Settler Cost of Board and Lodging Raisin Culture Irrigation Olive Culture Special Openings Potato Growing Cost of Provisions, etc., at Merced Cost of Journey by Sea and Land Analysis of Merced Soils Position of the Vendors
The dotted lines across America, indicate my journey, the Northern one going, the Southern one returning. C.F.D.