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New Year's day found the young pioneers located in the valley of the Yuba River, in a rude cabin which it had cost them a good deal of time and trouble to erect. They had come across the continent in safety, and now they were impatient for the winter to go away that they might start their hunt for gold dust and nuggets.
"Good-by to 1848! " sang out Mark. "May the year 1849 prove a fortunate one for all of us."