California Life Illustrated
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The cot, tent, and all were not four feet high. There was one of this kind during the winter of 1849-50 near where I lived on Jackson-street. In the morning I could see the fellow crawl out of his cot from under his little tent, sometimes head foremost ; at other times his feet would first appear. While I have seen large SOCIAL LIFE. 169 tents carried before the blast, ridge-pole, rigging and all, this little tent, which looked like a covered grave, stood the storms of winter without moving a p...in.
The various classes thus described are not made up of the isolated cases, but represent the great mass of the early denizens of the golden land ; men who wore check-shirts, and gray or red flannel, instead of coats ; trowsers, fastened up by a leather-girdle, such as was worn by John the Baptist, and they were planted down to their knees into the coarsest boots the market afforded. These were the men who, but a few months before, were known among their friends at home as doctors, lawyers, judges, and mechanics, clothed in broadcloth and fine linen, each one a center of social light and life, around which daily revolved the beautiful and gay, fair daughters, sisters, and wives.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The cot, tent, and all were not four feet high. There was one of this kind during the winter of 1849-50 near where I lived on Jackson-street. In the morning I could see the fellow crawl out of his cot from under his little tent, sometimes head foremost ; at other times his feet would first appear. While I have seen large SOCIAL LIFE. 169 tents carried before the blast, ridge-pole, rigging and all, this little tent, which looked like a covered grave, stood the storms of winter without moving a p...in.
The various classes thus described are not made up of the isolated cases, but represent the great mass of the early denizens of the golden land ; men who wore check-shirts, and gray or red flannel, instead of coats ; trowsers, fastened up by a leather-girdle, such as was worn by John the Baptist, and they were planted down to their knees into the coarsest boots the market afforded. These were the men who, but a few months before, were known among their friends at home as doctors, lawyers, judges, and mechanics, clothed in broadcloth and fine linen, each one a center of social light and life, around which daily revolved the beautiful and gay, fair daughters, sisters, and wives.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by William Taylor to read onlineMoreLess
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