338 SANTA CRUZ TO THE PRESIDIO OF JANOS. 
abandoned in consequence of the depredations of the 
Indians. Distance travelled, twenty miles. 
August Tth. We resumed our journey, keeping 
along a terrace of gravel about ten feet above the 
plain. The road continued excellent, as it had been 
since leaving the Guadalupe Pass. In eight miles we 
passed around the southern extremity of a hill, from 
which a gentle descent of a mile brought us to the old 
Presidio of Janos, the extreme outpost of the State of | 
Chihuahua. a ; 
