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SCENES IN THE PACIFIC. 
San Diepo de Uquitoa, and San Diepo de Pitquin, to 
river Caborca, and follows its course to Tibutama, Axi, 
Concepcion de Caborca; while Padre Kino takes the 
route by Cocospera, San Simon and Jude; strikes the 
river Caborca and follows its banks through Tierra Tibutama, 
and other villages, to the place of rendezvous. Thence the 
Padres, accompanied by ten soldiers, go northward to San 
Eduardo de Baissia, San Luis de Bacapa, and thence twelve 
leagues to San Marcello. This latter place lies northeast 
from the mouth of the river Colorado, fifty leagues north of 
the latitude of the Gila, the same distance from the river Ca¬ 
borca and the same distance eastward from San Xavier del 
Bac. The soil of this valley is fit for tillage and pasturage, 
and abounding in water for all uses. It is surrounded by 
deserts and lofty mountains. Here they are informed by the 
Indians of two ways to approach the mouth of the Colorado ; 
the one to the right over the mountains and valley of Santa 
Clara, the other and the shorter along the coast over a broad 
tract of sands. The Padres desire to examine the coast, 
and for this reason, unfortunately, choose the latter route. 
They travel thirty leagues on the south side of the mountains 
in search of the Gulf; pass a large section of the mountains, 
composed of pumice stone; and on the nineteenth of March, 
arrive at the sandy waste. On the twentieth, Padre Kino 
and Captain Mateo Mange, ascend a lofty peak in Lat. 30° 
N., and not only see the Gulf but the opposite shore and 
mountains of California. On the twenty-first they reach the 
beach. Want of fresh water, and the difficulty of wading in 
the loose and burning sand, compels them to return to Marcel¬ 
lo, and take a higher track, in Lat. 32° 30', where they ascend 
a hill of moderate height, from which are clearly seen the moun¬ 
tains of California, the termination of the Gulf, the mouth of the 
Colorado, the junction of California with the continent! The 
Padre Kino joyfully returns to San Marcello to build a church 
and give directions for a new mission, while Salva Tierra goes 
to Caborca Delores and the other missions of Senora, collect-* 
