As it was too late to enter before dark, and we did not expect the light would be burning, we furled all our sails and lay to until morning.
By daybreak we were under steam, and at five o'clock I came on deck to make my first acquaintance with Asia.

We were about twenty miles from the shore, and the general appearance of the land reminded me of the Rocky Mountains from Denver or the Sierra Nevadas from the vicinity of Stockton.

On the north of the horizon was a group of four or five mountains, while directly in front there were three separate peaks, of which one was volcanic.

Most of these mountains were conical and sharp, and although it was July, nearly every summit was covered with snow.

Between and among these high peaks there were many smaller mountains, but no less steep and pointed.