A START IN LIFE.
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]