CHAPTER VI 



CALIFORNIA FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN FRANCISCO 



San Diego. November 6, 184Q. We started for 

 Los Angeles at ten this morning, leaving behind 

 Havens, Sloat, Watkinson, Lee, Snider, Perry, Dr. 

 Trask, Steele, Bachman, Stevens and Cree, to fol- 

 low by boat; Cree remained at my request to take 

 care of Stevens, who is seriously ill, and Bach- 

 man is not strong enough to march further. 



The road from San Diego is a pleasant one; 

 northwest over a few moderate hills brings the 

 traveller to the edge of a large bay, which from 

 its appearance seems to be shallow; to the west, 

 mountains, not the Coast Range, and a few miles 

 along this bay, a beautiful ''hollow" rather than 

 valley, opens, and after six or eight miles leads to 

 some steep and disagreeable hills, where our first 

 night from San Diego will be passed. I did not 

 regret leaving San Diego, except for the kindness 

 received there (it is a miserable Mexican town) 

 and our own rather forlorn condition. About forty 

 men continue with me, half of us on foot, the other 

 half scarcely much better, as our animals are woe- 

 fully jaded, but we could not stop, for we are even 

 worse off for funds than for mounts, as we have 



