102 RETURN FROM SAN FRANCISCO 
arrived much reduced in flesh, he had not the disorder, 
and is now well. We have not suffered hunger or 
privations, neither have the Indians who came with 
us; all have arrived fat and healthy. The track 
through which we have passed is generally very good 
land, with plenty of water; and there, as well as here, 
the country is neither rocky nor overcome with brush- 
wood. There are, however, many hills, but they are 
composed of earth. The road has been in many places 
good, but the greater part bad. About half way, the 
valleys and banks of rivulets began to be delightful. 
We found vines of a large size, and in some cases quite 
loaded with grapes; we also found abundance of roses, 
which appeared to be the same as those of Castile. In 
fine, it is a good country, and very different from that 
of Old California. We have seen Indians in immense 
numbers; and all those on this coast of the Pacific con- 
trive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and 
by fishing; this they carry on by means of rafts, or 
canoes made of tule (bulrush), with which they go a 
great way to sea. They are very civil. All the males, 
old and young, go naked; the women, however, and 
even the female children, were decently covered from 
their breasts downwards. We found in our journey, 
as well as in the places where we stopped, that they 
treated us with as much confidence and good will as 
if they had known us all their lives; but when we 
offered them any of our victuals, they always refused 
them. All they cared for was cloth; and only for 
something of this sort would they exchange their fish 
or whatever else they had. : 
‘From this port and intended mission of San 
