The Wasp — 1876 — page 128: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This cartoon depicts a group of travelers on a Pacific Coast road, shown in a rotated/sideways perspective. The image appears to satirize the challenges of overland travel during this era—note the rough terrain, fallen logs, and difficult conditions visible in the landscape. The composition suggests hardship and disorder among the travelers, likely critiquing either the state of Pacific Coast infrastructure or the difficulty of westward travel. Without clearer identification of specific figures or readable text within the image itself, I cannot definitively identify which political or social issue this targets, though it appears to comment on practical difficulties faced by those traveling west during the period when *The Wasp* was published.