HARRINGTON | HISTORY 
bo, como seys al oeste quarta al noro- 
este, dos al noroeste, y al ultimo una 
legua corta al sudoeste para desca- 
bezar unos esteros que hay alli cerea. 
El camino fue como ayer dixe, sigui- 
endo la playa; 4 las dos leguas llega- 
mos 4 las Rancherias de San Buena- 
ventura [la Carpinteria] que son dos, 
una en cada lado de un llano como de 
una legua de largo, en donde se in- 
tent6 fundar la Mission de San Buena- 
ventura, que esti dotada, y no se 
fund6o por falta de providencias, y 
hay en el algun pasto, y bastantes 
encinos, pero poca agua: con otra 
legua llegamos 4 otra MRancheria 
[Shalw4j]: y con una legua mas lle- 
gamos a la Rancheria de la Laguna 
[Syujttn], en donde se tomaron por 
abalorios algunas coritas, y nos pro- 
veimos de pescado, porque en la oca- 
sion llegaba 4 tierra una lancha que 
venia de pescar, y traia varios y di- 
versos pescados muy buenos, y de dis- 
tinctos colores y hechuras que no 
conoci: y con esta ocasion vi como 
sacan las lanchas del agua, y fue que 
al llegar 4 tierra se arrimaron a ella 
diez 6 doze hombres, y cogiendo la 
lancha en hombros con la pesca, la 
llevaron a la casa del Patron 6 Capi- 
tan de la lancha, distinguido con el 
capotillo de osso: los instrumentos con 
que pescan son nassas bien grandes, y 
anzuelos que se hacen de concha y 
tambien tal qual red pequena hecha 
de un hilo muy fuerte como de cé- 
namo. En el Parage me ofreci6 el 
S" Ansa de sus coritas diciendo, que 
escogiesse las que gustasse; pero como 
yo no tenia endonde levarlas le re- 
spondi, que si en concluyendo el viage 
me las daba entonces las tomaria; y 
mi dixo que me daria quantas qui- 
siesse; pero despues ninguna me did, 
porque acabé el viage sin su gracia. 
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northwest, 2 northwest, and finally 1 
short league southwest in order to cut 
off some esteros which there are near 
there. The route was, like I stated 
yesterday, following the shore; at a 
distance of 2 leagues we arrived at 
the Rancherias de San Buenaventura 
[La Carpenteria], which are two in 
number, one on each side of a plain 
about a league long, where it was in- 
tended to found the mission of St. 
S3onaventure, which has been endowed, 
but which was not founded because of 
lack of supplies. There is there some 
pasture, plenty of live oaks, but little 
water. With another league we reached 
another Rancheria [Shalw4j]; and 
with another league we reached the 
Rancheria de la Laguna [Syujttn], 
where we traded beads for some baskets 
and provided ourselves with fish, be- 
cause on this occasion a canoe landed 
which was coming in from fishing and 
brought various and diverse fishes 
and very good ones, of distinct colors 
and shapes which I did not recognize. 
And on this occasion I saw how they 
take the canoes out of the water, the 
method being that on reaching shore 
10 or 12 men went to the canoe, put 
it, fish and all, on their shoulders 
and carried it to the house of the 
boss or captain of the canoe, distin- 
guished by a little bearskin cape. 
The implements with which they fish 
are large fish-traps, and hooks which 
they make of shell, and also a kind of 
little net made of a very strong hemp- 
like twine. At this place Sr. Ansa 
offered me some of his baskets, saying 
that I might choose those which I 
liked, but since I had no place to carry 
them I told him that if on finishing 
the trip he would give them to me I 
would take them, and he told me that 
he would give me as many as I 
wanted ; but it turned out that he did 
not give me any at all, for I finished 
the journey without his grace. 
The entry on the return journey is as follows: 
Dia 26 [26 de Abril, 1776] Viernes.— 
Salimos de Cerca las Rancherias de 
Mescaltitan 4 las seys y quarto de la 
26th [April 26, 1776] Thursday.— 
We started from Cerca las Rancherias 
de Mescaltitan at quarter past 6 in the 
