THE

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES

OF

MONSIEUR VIOLET

IN

_California, Sonora, and Western Texas_

BY

CAPTAIN MARRYAT

AUTHOR OF "KING'S OWN," "PACHA OF MANY TALES," "VALERIE," "SETTLERS
IN CANADA," "MASTERMAN READY," "POOR JACK," ETC., ETC.

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

LONDON: BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL
NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE

[Illustration: "Spying through an opera-glass at the majestic animals
which he could not approach."]