Show reliable BellR bl data about an american geography printed in 1812 contains this interesting information california is a wild and almost unknown land covered throughout the be year by dense fogs as damp as they are unhealthy on the northern shores shore live anthropophagi and in the interior are active volcanoes and vast plains of shifting snow whick which som sometimes kimes shoot up columns to inconceivable heights the book adds that some of these the statements would seem incredible were they not so well authenticated by trust worthy travelers |