Incidents on Land and Water - or Four Years on the Pacific Coast

D. B. Bates' "Incidents on Land and Water" reads like a vivid travel narrative of four years along the Pacific Coast, where every journey turns into an encounter with the living realities of the region. Moving between land and sea, he sketches landscapes and communities with immediacy, capturing the rhythms of daily life, the hazards and surprises of travel, and the constant presence of weather, tide, and wilderness. Through a sequence of striking incidents, Bates builds a lively account of exploration and survival—part adventure, part observation—showing how close attention to people, nature, and changing conditions can transform ordinary movement into memorable discovery. Incidents on Land and Water - or Four Years on the Pacific Coast is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860.