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                      =PAPER AND STATIONERY=
                           =Warehouse=.

                      =JOHN G. HODGE & CO=.,
                   Cor. Sansome and Sacramento sts.,

                             SAN FRANCISCO.
                      IMPORTING AND MANUFACTURING

                           =STATIONERS=,

    Keep Blank Books, Stationery, School Books, Cheap Publications,
                  LOG BOOKS, Shipping Articles, Rolls
                     of Sale of Vessels, etc., etc.

                =The Best Grades at Lowest Prices=.

                G. W. BREWER.          M. P. McLAUGHLIN.

                      =McLAUGHLIN & BREWER=,

                           =REAL ESTATE=
                             =AGENTS=,

                       No. 328 MONTGOMERY STREET,
                            (Office No. 9,)
                             SAN FRANCISCO.




                      =THE LAW OF STORMS:=

             THE VARIOUS PHENOMENA BY WHICH THEIR APPROACH
                 CAN BE ASCERTAINED WITH CERTAINTY, AND
                    PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS TO MARINERS
                           FOR THE AVOIDANCE
                             OF THEIR FURY.

                     COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

                                   BY
                        =CAPT. JOHN ROSS=.

                             [Illustration]

                          A. ROMAN & COMPANY,
           