VOYAGE 



TO THE 



PACIFIC AND BEERING'S STRAIT. 



CHAPTER I. 



Arrive at San Francisco — Description of the Harbour, Presidio, 

 and the Missions — Occupations — Dissatisfied State of the Gar- 

 rison and the Priesthood — Contemplated Plan of settling the 

 Indians in the Missions — Occupations of the converted Indians 

 — Manner of making Converts — Expedition against the Tribe 

 of Cosemenes — Official Despatch — Overland Journey to Mon- 

 terey — Scarcity of Provisions at that Place — Plan of the Voy- 

 age altered in consequence — Departure. 



When the day broke, we found ourselves about 

 four miles from the land. It was a beautiful mornine-, 

 with just sufficient freshness in the air to exhilarate 

 without chilling. The tops of the mountains, the 

 only part of the land visible, formed two ran2;es, be- 

 tween which our port was situated ; though its en- 

 trance, as well as the valleys and the low lands, were 

 still covered with the morning mist condensed around 

 the bases of the mountains. We bore up for the 

 opening between the ranges, anxious for the rising sun 

 to withdraw the veil, that we might obtain a view of 



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