There was no filling under the streets or houses.

San Francisco presented the same general appearance as the year before; that is, eating, drinking and gambling houses were conspicuous for their number and publicity.

They were on the first floor, with doors wide open.

At all hours of the day and night in walking the streets, the eye was regaled, on every block near the water front, by the sight of players at faro.

Often broken places were found in the street, large enough to let a man down into the water below.