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30 urging to a hungry traveller. Again we took up our line of march. The road was alive with the hurrying emigrants. Such a forced march of civilization the world never saw before. It was a nation carrying its intelligence - arts - refinements and even luxuies - to deposit them at once in a new and barren land. This tide of emigration was not that of the slow and constant river - but that of a mountain torrent where every drop hurried to outstrip its brother drop. It was the rush of tumultions waters - just broken over a barrier - speeding with force to its estuary. Men of every character - every opinion - every profession - every trade mingled in the throng - all alike moved by that stongest of impellants - gold - Gold. The only thing producing perpetual motion. And gold was now carrying in its train more benefits ever found before then - even all the benefits of population and civilization. California was to be a land peopled in a day. At a cluster of tents - surveyors - we found our friends waiting for us. Three of them the early birds - Torrence, Fuller and Tinker had just come in - having wiped their way. They had wandered in the wood for several hours - cutting their way through - hallowing - firing their pistols - till fortunately they had struck the road again. They looked jaded with fatigue and the heat. Having been invited to rest at Capt Tighlmans tent we hastened forward. I thought we should never reach the place -though assured it was only a mile or two ahead. We came at length to a beautiful stream - the largest we had yet crossed - a beautiful syloan region - whose lofty trus tricred proundly up - and on its bank we found the camp of Capt T. We were warmly welcomed by this courteous gentleman - who had charge of sountern section of the survey. We were here introduced to Mr. Nelson - American Consul of Panama - and Mr Stout having in charge - the Pacific Steamers. We spent three hours - agreeably in the company of these gentleman. We found the Consul in bad humor with the Americans - congregated at Panama. It seems that they impatient at delay - and fretting unde rthe discouraging prospect of getting forward - troubled him excessively - and continually thronged him - with wants - inquiries and censures. All things were laid at the Consuls door. He must be ready to serve every want no matter what from finding lodgings - to chartering vessells - to go up the const. Must be interpreter - purveyor - in short - all in all