During the voyage there were numerous discussions in relation to his probable fate; but ultimately the opinion prevailed that he had gone back to Lima, to pay his bill at the hotel, and had thus been left behind. The ship sailed on without him, and after a voyage of two months, passed through the Golden Gate, and anchored in the harbor of San Francisco.
CHAPTER XLV.
"This seems to be a city of tents," said the Professor, as they stood on a hill which has long since been removed, and now forms a portion of the artificial foundation for the immense warehouses which stand where their ship anchored between Happy Valley and Goat Island.
"I see very few houses," said Tom Seddon.
"Only the old Spanish structures built a hundred years ago with adobe brick," said the Professor.
"In two years from the present period," said Toney, "you will see houses all over this space,—hotels of six stories, and commodious dwellings and warehouses."
"Toney is a prophet," said Tom.
"On the very spot where we now stand there is gold in abundance," said Toney.
"In these sand-hills?" exclaimed Tom.