Note B — Chapter VI · SAN FRANCISCO. GENERAL ESTIMATE OF GAINS—RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA.
Reading edition
The following anecdote will illustrate this sentiment. A foreigner of considerable wealth hastened with the crowd to California. After spending a few days in San Francisco, he left for home, without making an investment of his money. He remarked, in a letter to a friend, “As soon as you reach San Francisco you will think every one is crazy; and without great caution, you will be crazy yourself.”