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Kosario consists of a few adobe huts scattei-ed fur a 

 mile or more more aloiij; the nearly level plains, 

 bordering the river. From a historiial standpoint 

 its most interestint: pcisMi-sion is the ruin of an old 

 Franeisam ndssiim, sueh as were onee nnmercms 

 throughout ihe Spanish possessions on this roast. 

 The original liuildinirs are now ahnust enlirfly oh. it- 

 erated, only portions of the massive adobe walls 



remaining. A small buiiding of modern construc- 

 tion now ' oiitains the altar, crude images of the 

 s lints, which grote-quely resemble large wooden 

 dcills, and snih ancient vtstments a* have escaped 

 de-tiiiciion. Two bt-U-!, each about L'O inches in 

 height, are hung upon a T-shaped post made from 

 the knees and other timber of a wreckeii vessel. 

 One of these bells bears the date of 1784 and the 



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