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tried to buy a peck of pinyola of a woman for which I 

 otTered her a dollar, which she refused, but wanted 

 my shirt. As I had on two I gave her one. Started on 

 my journey in the afternoon, followinj:;^ up a ravine, 

 crossed a table land and camped near the shore of the 

 ocean in a little ravine that protected us from the cold 

 winds of the coast. It was a little spot full of holes 

 which were said to be rattlesnake holes, but all spread 

 our 1)lankets over them and so prevented the snakes 

 coming- out. Thus we slept soundly, undisturbed by 

 the roar of the ocean surf. We were told on leav- 

 ing Rosario that we would not find water for a long 

 distance. About 9 o'clock came to a place where there 

 had been water, but it was dried up now. Here we 

 rested, tired and hungry. I saw in the distance of 

 twenty or thirty miles a range of mountains from 

 whence T knew there must be a stream of water, as it 

 must naturally come from the ocean. We were sur- 

 prised and delighted after going about three miles to 

 find a beautiful stream of clear water, as we were suf- 

 fering greatly from thirst. We started in the after- 

 noon much refreshed and followed the beach, but had 

 not proceeded far before we discovered two vessels 

 Iving in under the shore a good distance off. The 

 two vessels proved to be the Paradiso of Genoa, and 

 our schooner, the Dolphin. Nearly all hands were 

 ashore. ^Tr. Graves determined to go in her on ac- 

 count of sore feet. Captain Rossiter advised me not 

 to go as she leaked badly. ATondav. Ttth. Nearlv 

 the Avhole partv have gone on by land ; distance to San 

 Francisco, six hundred and fifty miles. Thev are un- 

 able to get horses and are on foot. The Paradiso sailed 

 this morning, with some of the passengers from the 



