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We wifhed, on this account, to enter this port, which we 

 fhould have eafily accomplifhed, if the fea had not run very 

 -high. We began however to doubt whether this was really the 

 harbour of S. Francifco, becaufe we did not fee any inhabitants, 

 nor the fmall iflands which are faid to be oppolite. In this ftate 

 of fufpenfe we ca£t anchor near one of the points which we called 

 de Arenas, in (ix fathoms and a clay bottom. 



A vaft number of Indians now prefented themfelves on both 

 points f , who pafled from one to the other in fmall canoes made 

 of Fule s , where they talked loudly for two hours or more, till at 

 laft two of them came along fide of the Ihip, and moil: liberally 

 prefented us with plumes of feathers, rofaries of bone, garments 

 of feathers, as alfo garlands of the fame materials, which they 

 wore round their head, and a canifter of feeds, which tailed 

 much like walnuts. Our captain gave them in return bugles, 

 looking glafles h , and peices of cloth. 



Thefe Indians are large and llrong, their colour being the 

 fame as that of the whole territory ' ; their difpofition is raoft 

 liberal, as they feemed to expect no recompenfe for what they 

 had furnimed us with : a circumftance which we had not expe- 

 rienced in thofe to the Northward. 



We were not able to found the interior parts of this port, on 

 account of our lick, who were to be as foon as poffible landed 

 in a place of fafety, in order that they might have the better 

 chance of recovering. 



f Sc. Thofe juft now named by the journalift de Arenas. 

 s Some fort of wood, and probably well known in the province of 

 Mexico. 



h In the former intercourfe with the more Northern Indians the 

 Spaniards never produced this articie of. barter, which feems to have 

 been ill-judged ceconomy. They were now returning however, and mull 

 have thrown away thefe trifles at S. Bias. 



i It is not very clear whether the Journali{l means by this of Mexico, 

 or the whole N. Weitern continent of America. 



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