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the scale of Californian cities, by reason of its superior 
harbor and great commercial facilities, Monterey will 
become the residence of gentlemen of fortune, on 
account of its more genial climate and its distance from 
the noise and bustle of a great city. It will be to San 
Francisco what Newport is now to New York. 
The following account of Monterey was written by 
the Reverend president of the California missions, F. Ju- 
nipero Serra, to his biographer, Father Palou, in a letter 
announcing his arrival at this place. It appears that 
an expedition sent by land to Monterey failed to reach 
it, but found San Francisco; and that subsequently 
two other expeditions, one by land the other by water, 
were sent in search of it. In the latter of these was 
Father Junipero. He thus writes:* 
‘Long live Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! 
‘““Reverend Father, Professor, and President, Fr. 
Francisco Palou: 
‘“My dearest Friend and Sir:—On the 31st of May, 
by the favor of God, after a painful voyage of a month 
and a half, the packet San Antonio, commanded by 
Don Juan Peres, arrived and anchored in this horrible 
port of Monterey, which is the same, unaltered in 
appearance and condition, that it was when visited 
by the expedition of Don Sebastian Viscayno, in the 
year 1603. It gave me great satisfaction to learn that 
eight days previous the land expedition had arrived, 
and with it Father Juan, and that all were in good 
health, When the holy day of Pentecost arrived, 
* Relacion Historica de la Vida y apostolicas Tareas del padre Fray 
Junipero Serra, por Fr. Francisco Palou, p. 101. Mexico, 1787. 
