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established between Point Reyes and San Francisco, which, of 
course, will render the estate less isolated. 
A few days before my arrival, a division of the estate had 
been made between the three partners, which gives each some 
25,000 acres of land. In the division, that portion lying upon 
Sir Francis Drake’s Bay falls to Mr. Howard. The point at the 
head of the bay is exceedingly lovely, the harbor is excellent, 
and the level stretch of land back from the shore seems to be 
admirably adapted to the location of a town or city. Indeed, 
the natural advantages for a town at this point are so great, 
that the time cannot be far distant when this spot will be uti¬ 
lized for that purpose. 
Muddy Hollow .—The buildings here are substantial and con¬ 
veniently arranged. The dairy house, or milk-room, stands on 
one side of the corral, and is twenty-four feet square. Racks 
are arranged along the sides of the room for setting the milk— 
the pans resting on slats in tiers, one above the other. The 
cows are milked in the corral or open yard, and as fast as each 
milker fills his pail, he carries it to a platform on one end of 
the milk-room, where it is emptied into a receiving conductor 
provided with a strainer, from whence it flows into a large tin 
can in the milk-room. In this way the floor of the milk-room 
is not soiled by the feet of the milkers, and slops and dirt are 
avoided in straining the milk. The milk is drawn from the 
can through a faucet, each pan getting about half a gallon of 
milk, or a quantity sufficient to set in the pan from two and a- 
half to three inches deep. 
Management of Milk .—The climate here is so cool that the 
temperature of the milk-room does not rise above 65°, and in 
summer it is often so cool that a little fire is necessary in the 
room to keep the milk at the desired temperature for the 
cream to rise. The milk usually stands about forty-eight 
hours, and is allowed to get slightly acid before skimming. 
The pans are then removed to a bench in the center of the 
room, the cream loosened on the edges of the pan by running 
