Chapter 25

           ItwasseveninthemorningwhenMr.Fogg,Aouda,andPassepartoutsetfootupontheAmericancontinent,ifthisnamecanbegiventothefloatingquayuponwhichtheydisembarked.Thesequays,risingandfallingwiththetide,thusfacilitatetheloadingandunloadingofvessels.Alongsidethemwereclippersofallsizes,steamersofallnationalities,andthesteamboats,withseveraldecksrisingoneabovetheother,whichplyontheSacramentoanditstributaries.TherewerealsoheapeduptheproductsofacommercewhichextendstoMexico,Chili,Peru,Brazil,Europe,Asia,andallthePacificislands.

           Passepartout,inhisjoyonreachingatlasttheAmericancontinent,thoughthewouldmanifestitbyexecutingaperilousvaultinfinestyle;but,tumblinguponsomeworm-eatenplanks,hefellthroughthem.Putoutofcountenancebythemannerinwhichhethus"setfoot"upontheNewWorld,heutteredaloudcry,whichsofrightenedtheinnumerablecormorantsandpelicansthatarealwayspercheduponthesemovablequays,thattheyflewnoisilyaway.

           Mr.Fogg,onreachingshore,proceededtofindoutatwhathourthefirsttrainleftforNewYork,andlearnedthatthiswasatsixo’clockp.m.;hehad,therefore,anentiredaytospendintheCaliforniancapital.Takingacarriageatachargeofthreedollars,heandAoudaenteredit,whilePassepartoutmountedtheboxbesidethedriver,andtheysetoutfortheInternationalHotel.

           FromhisexaltedpositionPassepartoutobservedwithmuchcuriositythewidestreets,thelow,evenlyrangedhouses,theAnglo-SaxonGothicchurches,thegreatdocks,thepalatialwoodenandbrickwarehouses,thenumerousconveyances,omnibuses,horse-cars,andupontheside-walks,notonlyAmericansandEuropeans,butChineseandIndians.

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