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settle the wild countries and civilize the 

 Indians. 



This Father Junipero walked all the way 

 from the City of Mexico to San Diego, al 

 though he was more than fifty years old; 

 and finally, after he had spent nearly a 

 quarter of a century in founding missions 

 up and down the coast of California, he 

 walked all the way back to Mexico, where 

 he died. 



When it is added that he was a lame 

 man, that he was more than threescore 

 and ten years of age, and that he traveled 

 all the distance on this last journey on 

 foot and alone, with neither arms nor pro 

 visions, trusting himself entirely to Provi 

 dence, one can hardly fail to remember his 

 name and speak it with respect. 



This new city, San Diego, with its most 

 salubrious clime, is set all over and about 

 with waving green palms, with golden 

 oranges, red pomegranates, great heavy 

 bunches of green and golden bananas, and 

 silver-laden olive orchards. The leaf of the 



