i would be broken by shallows at low 
Ens ft bank 
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dies ihc a ay ea a 
were caught by e 
Late in the afternoon we discovered tim- 
fallen in frequent showers, hints ow 
orm at sunset, w rong wind, which | 
swept off the aie ‘ise left a clear sky. 
Riding on through the timber, about dark 
we found abundant Barth in small ponds, 20 
day’s gehigr the country pre a lacu $ 
trine e; the river was deep, ag) rounded near the margin with willow trees 
nearly on a leyel with the surrounding coun- | in bloom ; em one which resem- 
3 its banks raised like a levee, seat fring- | bled npe a. k of the 
to leon spe the bordering plain | grove dy era 
rairie among 
fields of tld Pbalvoshe es) which in this coun- 
try are called tulares, and littl s. On 
the opposite side, a li r was Visi- 
af high water aie a with the 8 
quin river—a large of water in the 
upper part of the ley, or the Tulé 
lakes. The river and a oughs are 
very fll and it is snthele that the lake is 
now arging. Here elk were frequent- 
ly started, and one was shot out of a band 
On left, the 
6.— After mites 4 teavlled fifteen 
miles along the river, ea early halt, 
under the shade of syca 
we found the San J 
from the Sierra 
oming down 
irie. 
visible in the are of the Tulé 
the southward—pro 
bably kindled in the tu- | Th 
at there 
Sout to the eetirs sof of the Tulé lakes, 
and our road was over 
very 
oot We saw w wolves hag | during | 
: fs 
d| On 
or fifty Indians, who ha 
rom the village 
e alrea 
with srnaill haved: an Tort like those 
white oak, and forming. 
through br brush and o open grov 
a sett ae called the River of the Lake, 
resembling in size the Joaquin, and 
being ike 100 yards This is the 
broad. 
principal tributary to the Tulé lakes, which 
collect all the waters in the upper 
the valley. ile we were searching for a 
, some Indian poe il 
k, and, having discov 
hot Spanish soldiers, showed w us the way to 
ood miles 
descents e settleme 
Coast Range, which they keep constantly 
swept of ho ong them aremany who 
are called Christian Indians, being refugees 
from Spanish missions. Several of these 
incursions occurred w = we were at Hel 
Mea Occasio ard 
low them ac ~ 
enter the Sie 
the onpiodits side we a some cont 
cast Range, but never 
the below. We 
unforeseen 
[ter may be vsted on them. 
