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Chapter 25

           Passepartoutwassurprisedatallhesaw.SanFranciscowasnolongerthelegendarycityof1849acityofbanditti,assassins,andincendiaries,whohadflockedhitherincrowdsinpursuitofplunder;aparadiseofoutlaws,wheretheygambledwithgold-dust,arevolverinonehandandabowie-knifeintheother:itwasnowagreatcommercialemporium.

           TheloftytowerofitsCityHalloverlookedthewholepanoramaofthestreetsandavenues,whichcuteachotheratright-angles,andinthemidstofwhichappearedpleasant,verdantsquares,whilebeyondappearedtheChinesequarter,seeminglyimportedfromtheCelestialEmpireinatoy-box.SombrerosandredshirtsandplumedIndianswererarelytobeseen;butthereweresilkhatsandblackcoatseverywherewornbyamultitudeofnervouslyactive,gentlemanly-lookingmen.SomeofthestreetsespeciallyMontgomeryStreet,whichistoSanFranciscowhatRegentStreetistoLondon,theBoulevarddesItalienstoParis,andBroadwaytoNewYorkwerelinedwithsplendidandspaciousstores,whichexposedintheirwindowstheproductsoftheentireworld.

           WhenPassepartoutreachedtheInternationalHotel,itdidnotseemtohimasifhehadleftEnglandatall.

           Thegroundfloorofthehotelwasoccupiedbyalargebar,asortofrestaurantfreelyopentoallpassers-by,whomightpartakeofdriedbeef,oystersoup,biscuits,andcheese,withouttakingouttheirpurses.Paymentwasmadeonlyfortheale,porter,orsherrywhichwasdrunk.Thisseemed"veryAmerican"toPassepartout.Thehotelrefreshment-roomswerecomfortable,andMr.FoggandAouda,installingthemselvesatatable,wereabundantlyservedondiminutiveplatesbynegroesofdarkesthue.

           Afterbreakfast,Mr.Fogg,accompaniedbyAouda,startedfortheEnglishconsulatetohavehispassportvisaed.

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