This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... SAN RAFAEL Geography.--San Rafael township lies in the south-eastern portion of Marin county, being bounded on the south by Saucelito township, on the west by Bolinas and Nicasio townships, on the north by Novate township, and on the east by San Pablo bay. Climate.--The following remarks on the climate of the San Rafael valley are from the pen of H. A. DuBois, M. D., and appeared in the transactions of the Medical Society of the State of California. Unhappily the tables referred to therein we were unable to procure, still so clear is Dr. DuBois' exposition of the sanitary advantages of the district that figures are not needed to prove his case: -- "We desire briefly to call the attention of the profession to the valley of San Rafael as a sanitarium for chronic diseases, especially of the lungs, as its situation, being only a little over one hour in time from San Francisco, makes it much more convenient, than more distant and less accessible places, for many invalids and invalid families. This very nearness to San Francisco is apt to interfere with a correct idea of its climate. Invalids arriving in San Francisco are almost certain to seek for the climate that they desire much further south, and to think that several hundred miles in that direction must separate the cool and stimulating atmosphere of the city from the warm, equable climate in which they desire to spend all their time in the open air. Strangers do not know that general climatic conditions in California are so modified by local causes, as within the distance of a few miles to give rise to climates the most diverse. San Rafael possesses an equable climate--its range of temperatures is not great, and during the hours that the invalid is able to be out of doors it is remarkably...