264 CHANNEL ISLANDS OF CALIFORNIA 



Barbarenos, mounted on native horses, ride over the 

 most perilous places. 



A most ingenious method of leading in the sheep is 

 employed. The horsemen take out with them three 

 white goats, which, when a flock of sheep is discovered, 

 are released. The latter join them at once, and the 

 goats turn and lead them in the direction of the corral, 

 the sheep following bhndly. When one flock of sheep 

 is secured, the goats are taken to another, and in this 

 way they save the herders much trouble. 



The vintage is a season of jollification, but though 

 in a land of wine, there is no excess in drinking. This 

 was explained by the manager, who said that the men 

 rarely drank water, a variety of claret being made for 

 their especial benefit. This, diluted, each man carried 

 in a small keg when he went to the field, and used to 

 quench his thirst ; and in consequence a case of intoxi- 

 cation was never known. 



Not far from the house is a little chapel, where 

 services are held, and to the west are the great corrals 

 for the horses, the shops for the wagon-makers, black- 

 smiths, tool-makers, etc.; for nearly everything used 

 on the ranch is made here, even the ornamental iron 

 railings. Over the big stable is the island clock — a 

 peculiar sun dial, ornamented by some of the men. 

 Beyond are the quarters of the wine-makers and their 

 dining-hall. In the latter is a list of rules, in Italian, as 

 follows: "Do not throw bread upon the floor." "Eat 

 your soup; it is a nutritious food." "Do not criticise 

 your neighbor at meals." "Do not talk loud," etc. 



We were shown the great bakery with its rows of 

 Italian bread; the cook-shop, with its four or five 

 Venetian cooks, and all the departments of this inter- 



