102 QUIT SANTA CLARA. 



Meanwhile the Pueblos will continue to mul- 

 tiply, and will become the origins of a new 

 and improved population. 



After passing three days with the monks of 

 Santa Clara, w^ho at least possess the virtue of 

 hospitality, we set out on our return with a pro- 

 vision of fruit and vegetables, purchased for very 

 fair prices. They were carried to the place of 

 embarkation on heavy and very badly con- 

 structed cars drawn by oxen : the wheels were 

 made of thick planks nailed together, without 

 any regard to mechanical science either in their 

 form or poizing ; and the machine slowly ad- 

 vanced with a difficult jolting motion very pre- 

 judicial to our fine melons, peaches, grapes, and 

 figs, and to the magnificent apples, which have 

 no equals in Europe. On reaching our Bar- 

 casse, we found all in readiness to receive our- 

 selves and cargo. The sailors had been much 

 disturbed in the night by the wolves. 



The ebb-tide favoured our navigation, and 

 soon brought us within sight of an arm of the 

 sea, stretching eastward, at the extremity of 

 which the mission of St. Jose was built in the 



