100 A PUEBLO. 



standing the roughness of their mode of culti 

 vation. The field is first broken up with a very 

 clumsy plough, then sown, and a second plough 

 ing completes the work. Under the hard clods 

 of earth thus left undisturbed, a great part of 

 the seed perishes of course. How unexampled 

 would be the harvest, if assisted by the capital 

 and industry of an European farmer ! 



The monks themselves confess that they are 

 not good agriculturists ; but they are content 

 with their harvests. Their carelessness is how 

 ever unpardonable, in having never yet erected 

 a mill. There is not one in all California ; 

 and the poor Indians are obliged to grind their 

 corn by manual labour between two large, flat 

 stones. 



From the mission we took half an hour s 

 walk to a Pueblo. This word signifies, in Cali 

 fornia, a village, inhabited by married invalids, 

 disbanded soldiers from the Presidio, and their 

 progeny. This Pueblo lies in a beautiful spot. 

 The houses are pleasant, built of stone, and 

 stand in the midst of orchards, and hedges of 

 vines bearing luxuriant clusters of the richest 

 grapes. The inhabitants came out to meet us, 



