184 Life in the Open 



the other, while to the south and east deep groves of 

 orange, lemon, lime, and olive tell of El Montecito and 

 Carpenteria. 



It was at the Mission that the complete supremacy 

 of man was demonstrated, as, after interviewing the 

 courteous Fathers, the gentlemen of the party were in- 

 vited into the Mission garden, while the ladies rested in 

 the outer hall, consumed with curiosity. No woman 

 with one or two notable exceptions, as the Princess 

 Louise had ever entered the garden, so it was said ; 

 and the old gardener, gowned and cowled, laughingly 

 told of the pretexts adopted by fair visitors, who evi- 

 dently believed that the grim walls concealed some 

 deep and unfathomable mystery. 



The Mission of Santa Barbara is the only one that 

 has never been out of Franciscan control, and is one of 

 the finest in the State, standing as it did nearly a century 

 ago when its bells rang the Angelus, their echoes calling 

 the faithful up the deep cafions of the Santa Ynez. 



The Father told us of the ancient splendours of the 

 church, of its inception by Junipero Serra, its erection 

 in 1786 by Father Antonio Paterna, and detailed its 

 completion in 1794. In 1810-12, he said, it was almost 

 shattered by earthquakes, but was ultimately rebuilt, then 

 torn down and the present building founded in 1820. 

 We entered the old dormitories, the workshops once 

 filled with native artisans, stood on the red-tiled roof, 

 and looked down upon the broad, arched corridors 

 where the Fathers walk and read ; strolled among the 



