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1IN WHICH A SLIGHT GLIMPSE IS HAD OF SAN FRANCISCO It was seven in the morning when Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout set
2foot upon the American continent, if this name can be given to the floating quay upon which they disembarked. These
3quays, rising and falling with the tide, thus facilitate the loading and unloading of vessels. Alongside them were
4clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the other,
5which ply on the Sacramento and its tributaries. There were also heaped up the products of a commerce which extends to
6Mexico, Chili, Peru, Brazil, Europe, Asia, and all the Pacific islands. Passepartout, in his joy on reaching at last the
7American continent, thought he would manifest it by executing a perilous vault in fine style; but, tumbling upon some
8worm-eaten planks, he fell through them. Put out of countenance by the manner in which he thus "set foot" upon the New
9World, he uttered a loud cry, which so frightened the innumerable cormorants and pelicans that are always perched upon
10these movable quays, that they flew noisily away. Mr. Fogg, on reaching shore, proceeded to find out at what hour the
11first train left for New York, and learned that this was at six o'clock p.m.; he had, therefore, an entire day to spend
12in the Californian capital. Taking a carriage at a charge of three dollars, he and Aouda entered it, while Passepartout
13mounted the box beside the driver, and they set out for the International Hotel. From his exalted position Passepartout
14observed with much curiosity the wide streets, the low, evenly ranged houses, the Anglo-Saxon Gothic churches, the great
15docks, the palatial wooden and brick warehouses, the numerous conveyances, omnibuses, horse-cars, and upon the
16side-walks, not only Americans and Europeans, but Chinese and Indians. Passepartout was surprised at all he saw. San
17Francisco was no longer the legendary city of 1849--a city of banditti, assassins, and incendiaries, who had flocked
18hither in crowds in pursuit of plunder; a paradise of outlaws, where they gambled with gold-dust, a revolver in one hand
19and a bowie-knife in the other: it was now a great commercial emporium. The lofty tower of its City Hall overlooked the
20whole panorama of the streets and avenues, which cut each other at right-angles, and in the midst of which appeared
21pleasant, verdant squares, while beyond appeared the Chinese quarter, seemingly imported from the Celestial Empire in a
22toy-box. Sombreros and red shirts and plumed Indians were rarely to be seen; but there were silk hats and black coats
23everywhere worn by a multitude of nervously active, gentlemanly-looking men. Some of the streets--especially Montgomery
24Street, which is to San Francisco what Regent Street is to London, the Boulevard des Italiens to Paris, and Broadway to
25New York--were lined with splendid and spacious stores, which exposed in their windows the products of the entire world.
26When Passepartout reached the International Hotel, it did not seem to him as if he had left England at all. The ground
27floor of the hotel was occupied by a large bar, a sort of restaurant freely open to all passers-by, who might partake of
28dried beef, oyster soup, biscuits, and cheese, without taking out their purses. Payment was made only for the ale,
29porter, or sherry which was drunk. This seemed "very American" to Passepartout. The hotel refreshment-rooms were
30comfortable, and Mr. Fogg and Aouda, installing themselves at a table, were abundantly served on diminutive plates by
31negroes of darkest hue. After breakfast, Mr. Fogg, accompanied by Aouda, started for the English consulate to have his
32passport visaed. As he was going out, he met Passepartout, who asked him if it would not be well, before taking the
33train, to purchase some dozens of Enfield rifles and Colt's revolvers. He had been listening to stories of attacks upon
34the trains by the Sioux and Pawnees. Mr. Fogg thought it a useless precaution, but told him to do as he thought best,
35and went on to the consulate. He had not proceeded two hundred steps, however, when, "by the greatest chance in the
36world," he met Fix. The detective seemed wholly taken by surprise. What! Had Mr. Fogg and himself crossed the Pacific
37together, and not met on the steamer! At least Fix felt honoured to behold once more the gentleman to whom he owed so
38much, and, as his business recalled him to Europe, he should be delighted to continue the journey in such pleasant
39company. Mr. Fogg replied that the honour would be his; and the detective--who was determined not to lose sight of
40him--begged permission to accompany them in their walk about San Francisco--a request which Mr. Fogg readily granted.
41They soon found themselves in Montgomery Street, where a great crowd was collected; the side-walks, street, horsecar
42rails, the shop-doors, the windows of the houses, and even the roofs, were full of people. Men were going about carrying
43large posters, and flags and streamers were floating in the wind; while loud cries were heard on every hand. "Hurrah for
44Camerfield!" "Hurrah for Mandiboy!" It was a political meeting; at least so Fix conjectured, who said to Mr. Fogg,
45"Perhaps we had better not mingle with the crowd. There may be danger in it." "Yes," returned Mr. Fogg; "and blows, even
46if they are political, are still blows." Fix smiled at this remark; and, in order to be able to see without being
47jostled about, the party took up a position on the top of a flight of steps situated at the upper end of Montgomery
48Street. Opposite them, on the other side of the street, between a coal wharf and a petroleum warehouse, a large platform
49had been erected in the open air, towards which the current of the crowd seemed to be directed. For what purpose was
50this meeting? What was the occasion of this excited assemblage? Phileas Fogg could not imagine. Was it to nominate some
51high official--a governor or member of Congress? It was not improbable, so agitated was the multitude before them. Just
52at this moment there was an unusual stir in the human mass. All the hands were raised in the air. Some, tightly closed,
53seemed to disappear suddenly in the midst of the cries--an energetic way, no doubt, of casting a vote. The crowd swayed
54back, the banners and flags wavered, disappeared an instant, then reappeared in tatters. The undulations of the human
55surge reached the steps, while all the heads floundered on the surface like a sea agitated by a squall. Many of the
56black hats disappeared, and the greater part of the crowd seemed to have diminished in height. "It is evidently a
57meeting," said Fix, "and its object must be an exciting one. I should not wonder if it were about the 'Alabama,' despite
58the fact that that question is settled." "Perhaps," replied Mr. Fogg, simply. "At least, there are two champions in
59presence of each other, the Honourable Mr. Camerfield and the Honourable Mr. Mandiboy." Aouda, leaning upon Mr. Fogg's
60arm, observed the tumultuous scene with surprise, while Fix asked a man near him what the cause of it all was. Before
61the man could reply, a fresh agitation arose; hurrahs and excited shouts were heard; the staffs of the banners began to
62be used as offensive weapons; and fists flew about in every direction. Thumps were exchanged from the tops of the
63carriages and omnibuses which had been blocked up in the crowd. Boots and shoes went whirling through the air, and Mr.
64Fogg thought he even heard the crack of revolvers mingling in the din, the rout approached the stairway, and flowed over
65the lower step. One of the parties had evidently been repulsed; but the mere lookers-on could not tell whether Mandiboy
66or Camerfield had gained the upper hand. "It would be prudent for us to retire," said Fix, who was anxious that Mr. Fogg
67should not receive any injury, at least until they got back to London. "If there is any question about England in all
68this, and we were recognised, I fear it would go hard with us." "An English subject--" began Mr. Fogg. He did not finish
69his sentence; for a terrific hubbub now arose on the terrace behind the flight of steps where they stood, and there were
70frantic shouts of, "Hurrah for Mandiboy! Hip, hip, hurrah!"
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