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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  of 
  San 
  Jose 
  is 
  situated 
  about 
  one 
  league 
  from 
  the 
  coast, 
  upon 
  a 
  little 
  

   river 
  which 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  Vermillion 
  Sea," 
  p. 
  112 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  

   the 
  final 
  latitude 
  adopted, 
  "established 
  very 
  accurately," 
  (although 
  

   the 
  two 
  determinations 
  differ 
  3r'.5) 
  was 
  23° 
  03' 
  20''. 
  In 
  the 
  

   detailed 
  description 
  of 
  mounting 
  the 
  instruments, 
  their 
  position 
  is 
  

   placed 
  within 
  the 
  walls 
  of 
  a 
  "large 
  granary" 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  removed 
  

   the 
  roof; 
  and 
  " 
  pedestals 
  of 
  masonry 
  " 
  were 
  erected 
  upon 
  which 
  to 
  

   place 
  the 
  instruments. 
  The 
  relation 
  of 
  this 
  granary 
  to 
  the 
  church 
  

   is 
  never 
  referred 
  to, 
  nor 
  when 
  the 
  church 
  was 
  built, 
  its 
  character, 
  

   or 
  even 
  on 
  which 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Upon 
  my 
  arrival 
  at 
  San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  in 
  March, 
  I 
  learned 
  

   there 
  had 
  been 
  no 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  buildings 
  and 
  locations 
  of 
  the 
  

   church 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  above 
  name, 
  from 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  

   1728 
  or 
  1730 
  — 
  for 
  authorities 
  difiered 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  foun- 
  

   dation. 
  Nor 
  could 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  the 
  changes 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  as 
  the 
  

   records 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  had 
  been 
  carried 
  away. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  was 
  the 
  " 
  Mission 
  Viejo," 
  about 
  five 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   shore 
  of 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  whose 
  site 
  was 
  visited. 
  The 
  

   present 
  occupant 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  found 
  the 
  found- 
  

   ations 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  and 
  granary 
  thirty-five 
  years 
  ago, 
  when 
  he 
  

   built 
  the 
  present 
  houses. 
  The 
  second 
  was 
  the 
  " 
  Mission," 
  reported 
  

   near 
  the 
  present 
  cemetery 
  and 
  not 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  from 
  the 
  bay. 
  The 
  

   third 
  and 
  fourth 
  locations 
  are 
  identical 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  town 
  of 
  

   San 
  Jose 
  del 
  Cabo, 
  erroneously 
  designated 
  as 
  Salatea 
  on 
  the 
  Eng- 
  

   lish 
  charts, 
  (Saldte 
  is 
  the 
  rancho 
  three 
  miles 
  westward 
  of 
  the 
  town.) 
  

   I 
  was 
  satisfied 
  that 
  neither 
  the 
  first 
  nor 
  second 
  locations 
  was 
  the 
  

   Transit 
  of 
  Venus 
  Station, 
  both 
  from 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  the 
  

   latitudes. 
  From 
  the 
  present 
  priest, 
  an 
  uneducated 
  Indian, 
  but 
  one 
  

   item 
  of 
  value 
  was 
  gathered 
  ; 
  he 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  foundations 
  of 
  the 
  

   third 
  church 
  and 
  the 
  traditional 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  granary 
  always 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  or 
  adjacent 
  thereto. 
  Both 
  were 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  

   present 
  edifice. 
  

  

  Sifting 
  this 
  evidence 
  and 
  studying 
  the 
  topography 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  and 
  

   the 
  requirements 
  of 
  the 
  problem, 
  I 
  became 
  satisfied 
  that 
  the 
  Venus 
  

   Station 
  was 
  near 
  the 
  present 
  church. 
  I 
  traced 
  the 
  old 
  foundations 
  

   to 
  their 
  Umit 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  present 
  church 
  

   covers 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  them. 
  The 
  foundations 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  gran- 
  

   ary 
  lie 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  sacristy, 
  and 
  between 
  it 
  and 
  

  

  