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SCENES IN THE PACIFIC, 
around the brow of a green hill, in an open stone aqueduct, 
a rapid, noisy rivulet, to a square reservoir of beautiful ma¬ 
sonry. Below, and adjoining this, are the ruins of the Pa¬ 
dres’ grist-mill. Nothing is left of its interior structure, but 
the large oaken ridgepole. Near the aqueduct which car¬ 
ries the water into the reservoir of the mills, stands a small 
stone edifice ten feet in length by six in width. This is 
the bath. Over the door, outside, is the representation of a 
lion’s head, from which pours a beautiful jet of water. This 
little structure is in a good state of preservation. A cross sur¬ 
mounts it, as, indeed, it does everything used by the Catholic 
missionaries of these wilderness regions. Below the ruins of 
the grist-mill is another tank one hundred and twenty-feet 
square, by twenty deep, constructed like the one above. In 
this was collected water for supplying the fountains, irrigating 
the grounds below, and for the propulsion of different kinds 
of machinery. Below the mission was the tan-yard, to which 
the w T ater was carried in an aqueduct, built on the top of a 
stone wall, from lour to six feet high. Here was manufac¬ 
tured the leather used in making harnesses, saddles, bridles, 
and Indian clothing. They cultivated large tracts of land with 
maize, wheat, oats, peas, potatoes, beans, and grapes. Their 
old vineyards still cover the hill-sides. When the mission 
w T as at the height of its prosperity, there were several hun¬ 
dred Indians laboring in its fields, and many thousands of cat¬ 
tle and horses grazing in its pastures. But its splendor has 
departed, and with it its usefulness. The Indians who were 
made comfortable on these premises, are now r squalid and mise¬ 
rable. The fields are a waste! Nothing but the church 
retains its ancient appearance. We will enter and describe 
its interior. It is one hundred and sixty feet long by sixty in 
width. Its walls are eight feet in thickness. The height of 
the nave is forty feet. On the wall, to the right, hangs a 
picture representing a king and a monk up to their middle in 
the flames of purgatory. Their posture is that of prayer and 
