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Show lake ilia ni'd'umiry nuiliiy to aind to i f I 'allfiirnla lur llila iuriia Tbu Into !' 'I ' 0 ' In ' I 'I v I l.'Ahlw Cbaiio uiiU.TtiK.k thin vuy- ' 'It I . K with A ruiirnKo worthy of hla nul ' ' " J 3 C nr the nruuri'iia of acli'lu'a. I waa im. r.li..r- N.H.- -I hi. ... ,i,,i ,,f a m- i"il-ll.l,..l ii. Aiiliiirn I 'ill I I'lili'.n. Vl-ir. h IK. im... iim nn Mom of t. nl In U-iral. tli. l- II, Ina nl ,..l ,.,-. , l. im.. iiiiiiv .1. .. I ,,,,. r I'amr. il tlllrrr II,.- I'..l. I-.,, I...-. I ni.. "hrr ' im i-iin .. i, il.t Th "I, mi -...,-.. r,.f In I- ri'i.i Ii In II,.. i.... n i.f J'.l.n I'mil.-y "f Kalians, win. nm hi tt,r Ilm. ..f III., p.itt-il.ml..li p.itt-il.ml..li vlnitlii hla III! a kltiant-ti Una a.-.-.. .ml ta i4rtl.-nlarly litl.r.al-i.a litl.r.al-i.a al II, la 11m.. an II .1. ill-.-a in. . on-lill..iia on-lill..iia iinvailina on Ih. i...al ..f I'all-fiiinla. I'all-fiiinla. In I7B. nn av.nl nitlnaly I'.l.bial. Ml t.y Ih. ll.it.l. n (Int. I'lly. Tlia it, ala.lv il.a. tiIm-.I ly I'aulv. wtllrh In linalnl Ih. ranaa ill II,. i.n, h .m"-IIII..II. .m"-IIII..II. .H-.iuir, . in. ., hn. as a.v rsl iith.r wrll.rs niniiluin a v.ry s.vvra pravalrni-s nf s.-urvy In 1'aliriirnhs, anil asa lirubsbly Ilia aaina. pBaMJIIK obai'rvatlnn of lha Iran-, Iran-, Il -u "ll ' Vi'iiu on tha 3d of 'fi,'l Jiiti". ("tin, wua an otij.ft ' 0 J ' ,,,,,'r,'", " "' W Ivwrnt-il Tha lluyal Acad i A J ''",)' Hrli.ncia iruiMiHi.d ' to lha kliiK. Lmila XV, to iiaka Ilia ni'd'aanry nuiliiy to aind to California lur lhl iniriiima Tbu lata M l.'Aliha Cbaiiu unUiTtiKik Ihla vuy. K" with A rournxe worthy of hla mil nr lha nrouri'sa of acli'lu'a. I waa aa. larti-d lo Ai'cimiiauy hi in and wa ai't anil for Mi'l-Iro Mi'l-Iro In lha niotiih of H.-iU'iiilii'r. ITiiS AfliT A irllinia vuyiiKu uf ahuut 3.000 li-nKui'i. n arrtwd In Mi'ilio on Knal.'r day. I TDK Tlma waa plim; wa alu.ii'il hut I'Uht day to ra fri'ah niirm-lna Th vlriTuy irmuri'il ua niiilca nd iirovlatona, and wa iindfrtnnlt to itiTforin by mail a I'lirt of Ihi, ri.nnl:iil"r nf our Irnvrla, whlt b waa iilunit 300 Ii'iikii" A iti l.i lofty iiioiintalna, Jri'adful iriM'liri-a mid nrld iIi'mitu. wa I'lu'iiun. lurud uvw ilnniiiTa "v.-ry dity. Wa fnlli'il from fi'iir A Ihnuaiind Hiiii'h Wii with nlirn uiiri.i'd by tha rx'panlvu h.-iit, which li.ft ua hnrilly trriiKlh atiutiKh In driiit nurMi.v"M A Ihnuannd liiai'i'la nf I'Vi'ry aii"i-li.a kiivh ua no ri'Kt by duy or qIkIiI, and wa hud ruiminntly to bi uu our Kunrd tltiilnal tin viry fi.rnriiitia lii'nata with whlrh tha ruunlry U rnvi-ri'd Miiri'iiwr. wo lnt-k"d Ih" nic iKHiirli.a nf IK", fur tin ,'nvlnluiia Hint wi Ant In Mi'jlcn had li"i n n iilli-d by Ih" limit We wi-rn jl.llKid lo llva nil wild rut Hi' and v.h.il"V"r fruit n i. i-uuld Iiml hi i" nnd tli.-i" W" mud" uitr hnlta ui-ar Huiiiii rlvi'r ur atirliiK. that wa uiIkIiI nhik" lha ti ii r 1 1 1 ti 14 thirst with whlrh wi wi'ra I'unatauily cunatmii-d, tu llnd mi" II una n'd'ii ni't'"HHiiry to mnri-h n wlmla d.i'a Jouriiay. Arm. il lii th" i-M iiiiiK lii auina vnlli'y. or on h" l'l" uf rn hill, wa wuiilil I'uiliavnr to tnk.i il'.ni th" Ktuiiiiil i .'I ii lu lii'll" "tulll"), tlni ri'imaa will, h nur i rin l luilmi" ri'iiili rml a n. i"ury. VMi.-ii ..mil l, im ". ii i' wit" iilti ii nimiai'd hy l atnriii and lln-ti liv Ihi Im pi't uimim liirri'lita thiit !n uu iIiiv.ii m)i ua Iruiu th" tii-lKhiri uf Ihi niniiu-talua niniiu-talua Many u d.itk nli:lit wa had tu nava nur-'I'lvi'M nur-'I'lvi'M 11,1. 1 nur i.,uli,aii", fi-arrul lit 1-ViTy nl"i uf (iinililllin diiwii tmtiiii nf Ih" iit"i-iria. Ainr niiiiiiim n ilium iiml il-.k wu nrrlvml nt Hint III tin- I'.nl ur S.I 11 Ulan, nil III" I'ai'llll- in .1111 . Ill, nr.' wi. . , iii iii k' ,1 fur C.illliirlilil nil a lirlK-ill llh" v.hh-11 th" ili-nruy nl Mi xln hud had iru-imt.il iru-imt.il Tin- IMi-llle m.'iin. althniiKh vi'iy tnin 'lull, tu iml Hi" Irxa daim.'imia un uicoiiiit of III" IVlKh SI Willi Will, Il It Is 1111. ll Tlir unit i-iiliii w Ii It-It 'i.-v,il!,il at Unit Until iiiiM-il ua tu il.".ialr nf urilvltii; In tun" lu ni't'niu-I.IKti ni't'niu-I.IKti Hi,, ulilml nf nur v ni. Aflar U works' Milium, diirliiit whli-li wu iiki.I" Iml l-'.'i lmii;ii". on Un en-. ili--1 lui'iidili of th.. mm. th" i.inrtiu-s .l tin1 itiin- t-itii-".! us to rli-U ii hiiiiiiluiis I'xiiinlt Th. in.tt nl Ciillluinl.l ll.ar wlii.ll wo tin. ml nur-u-tli-H whs th" pi.rt nf Sim .lua.. mi ilm K.-rnua Urn nn nil" lunl i-V"r Intnl. -il llli-ra Tlia m-.i'Sa 10 It Is ii'iiril.il liv th" lui-i-.-Miiit av"H that l.r.'ak iiiii-tuiius tu-.iinst tin. riu'ka Th" Si.,nh imtinnuini'ra who uiTa uf our coin iiiiiiv ,.l.!,i-l in wult fur n fuvuralil" ulud tu laud il ( a),. Hi I. in. is. whlrh was dlslant but I, -il ii'.iKiii s Th" IiiiiiIIiik Hi"! " la In, I, nl h'ss ilinm.T-;iu ilinm.T-;iu lull we illil ni'l lulluw tlli'lr inlvlr,' limimsil W" wi-ti. lui'SM-it in tirrlv" at th" ilai-a uf our dra-Mi. dra-Mi. mil, n: w ri'M.lvi'il In iili"init to dlsi'inliurk at th" llrst land wa ahnuld dlHcovur. Whil" ih.'i-.. H'-nili'in.-n wore yet di-llln'riillug, fr.iir Imlliiu nullum and mynlf 1,'t down the Inim N,u, wv I, mk wllh ua bulf of tha Inalruuienta. I nKrei'd wllh tha Aliha Cbnppe that It we par Inhi'd ha mlKht nnd olbn manna to land also-wliiTii also-wliiTii with tha raat, wlilcb would ba aumrlant for inakliiK hla oliaarvatliini. I pmbArkad than In the hum boat wllh my four aallora, atearlnn (II-rai'lly (II-rai'lly lur lha roast; the Bearer we anuroachad I. lha mora wa were ainalble of Ibe difficulty of IiiiiiIIiik Wa were constantly thrown back by tha accumulated accu-mulated wnvea, and our boat threatened all tha w hile lo ship w nler. Won on the point of InslliK ciiuriiKe, una of tha milluri dlscuvarad, At A dla-lance, dla-lance, Hi" mouth of nn unknown river. Thla dla ruvery unlimited ua; we niched tlio coaat by thla inuiiih but wllh Brent dlfflculiy. I aunt buck tha liniK bnnt fur tha Ahhe Cgiippa and lha Hinnlh ttnti'iitinmerH. who nrrlvinl Aifely enutiKb. Arrived nn the penltiiuU tha twenty llrst ot May, ITti'.i. U daya belert lha cpm ll of tho Iran-all Iran-all uf "mis Wa luiiiiil it initio a pouvnlr noua in. -il 1. 1 a In t . 1 r . the Im-lfinnHf of tha wealli.'r. The snviiKea Ihiit n-pitlred to ua aald that A con-i:,i-.li,ii was previillliiK In Hla rouiiiry which mv-iiK"d mv-iiK"d it cnuiplelely The Intarpraler who trana-, Ian d Ihla in hii , 1 llnil they said that In order to wtiliiliiiw iiiirsi'lvi'ii iiuiii tk,. iDflueuce of thla ter-rltil" ter-rltil" iiinlaily. It waa neceisary to remove aome hu'iilred nr inure leuciiei lurlhar lo tha north. Th" uu'iitis ur unileri.ilifiiic thla uew Journey, tmik.'ii itnwii with latiKui ua we ware; we bud ni-liln r hiit-M's nur i-urr lere to trnnaporl our Iiuk-kiik"; Iiuk-kiik"; II was luipiinsltiic to march on foot, and we ahi.uik fiuui a Ji in ii. -y ihrouKb A deaert. All these ri-ii -niis dm Ideil us tn ocmpy ouraalvoa wllh no liiii.iiii-ss but thai which bm brniiBlit ua. W e liitmrcil In cmistriii't m observatory, which was ready the Iw. m, Uhl, day of May. all daya lii lurc the epoch when wotuuld hnva need of It. We liiiule nur iil i-i i vatlooi on the third of Juno, With til" uri'lltoH exiictllela. The ci'iiiaitliiii ii. ii. le nee proxraBa every dny; u ki ii. nil Minim r.-in'ii-j ti all Ihla part of Cull-fin Cull-fin nla. wa were m i leiiK without partlclpntlui! In II In a ilUin i.Mi i; n :iiii,, r. Tn, dieiuKul inuludy ciiiiie uiuiii us m ,,r v, vi nltya nflar the ohaerva-II, ohaerva-II, ui We w.ii' wlmliy without auccor; wa could mil be iiM ii.l l.i mi. ,niuthiM becuuee we were at-lack, at-lack, d ultima! ii! ,it once. ' The Utile I1I..II. II.,. thin tfe hod broniilit from KiMtue was nwli,,, in ,1(nl 0( knowing how to apply II Ni v. iihcli ss, ih,. ui, i.e. .j ,C( iu ha wna, con-tinned con-tinned bis nlisen.iii.uis all the time. Altar b-aertlm; b-aertlm; an e. Up-, m th,. be nt last yield ed tu his tiittiiu. the d.llniiin of hla dlaeuso luft him hut llitle im,,' t,i ex,,,,,, hlnwalf; he died the llrst uf Aiibh.i, iti.'I. v wvra ,,11 (IjIiik (I and Hie ceiiipaiiliins ot nur vuyaKU), when I had Ihe s.inu.v In cl..,e h y.U,. tur sliniiiii u and our win of atreiiKth Induced ua In this case to bury h,, without much core-jinuy. core-jinuy. I devnied some iiuiui,nta to regret for the lns I had sulTorcd, uinl It, tta height of A dlseiiae frntii which I did not np,-ct0 recover, 1 took the prvcAutlou lo collect all theoupura relating to the W..,...I.W I I lC?'l iilijert of tha voyage. I placed them In a cunKul with nn nddresH lo the viceroy of Mvxlco. l enriiestly begiied annie Indian chlefa who weri iihuut ma to make thla casket anfa In cnae wt hould all dla, and In transmit It to the vessel whlrh ought to arrive In tha month of rlcpleuitiui to lake ua. My lliti'lilluu In Ihla waa to secure to my country thla vnluiibla depot. I remained In my rondltlun of sickness, puln and wrutcbeduusi until lha twenty-ninth of September. At Inst lha cnplulii of lha vessel nrrlved; he had landed at lha island of t'enilvo, which la aliu Aled some 30 Icngiiea from San Jose. My Joy waa ao much lha greater In seeing him Hint he pressed ma to unit lha fearful place where M. l.'Aulin Vhuppo and nil lha rest had died. We ware carried car-ried lo Cet.ilvo I forgot lo any that thla cruel ruiilnglnn hud taken from ua the chaplain and nearly nil Ihe persons that formed our little com puny. Although alck and oppreased wllh grief, I wai compelled to undertake the perllnua route which I had tnllonnd In coming, umeil a upon mules anmetlmea tipnn the backa nf Ilia Indiana, when It wna necessary lo cruse lha atreuma. Wllh All Ihla trouble. I reached Medio the twenty third day of November, l'li'J- - v There I waa received by monsieur lha maripila of t'rnlx. the viceroy of that country, ullb a mini-passlim mini-passlim worthy of that good pairlut. I lo had tmd lha kindness to aend to meet inn a carriage nnd hla physician. Arrived nt Ilia capital of Meilco, and hnvlng paid my respecta lo lha viceroy 1 will lodged by his ordera at lha expeusn of tho city . When I left Mexico lha iiiiiripili do (.'roll ree unintended ma cordially to Ihe coiumnuder ol the Spunlsh fleet, In which I embarked. Wo land ad nl fadl'. lha tweniy-llrst of July. 1770. Tha court wna ut tha Kariirlitl. I bail myself tukon thither, nnd pnisenled myself to Olo miiniuia il Ui euti, Ih, 'ti Kreneh nuihassailur lb Spuln. He ra reived rue wllh murks of liludnesa and consider at Inn, and gave nrdera to shuw mo w htilever they have to shuw hi runner In this royal huuse. lie cnused me lo dispatch In advance of the party, the sirlctest ordera through the minister ol customs, tli.it ut no pass on my roulu must ba searched elih. r myself or Ihe chests lu which were the ul -. i vuiinna which 1 bore. I did mil iiirtvu In 1'arls till lha tilth of lha tol. lowing lvcemlier. I sent to Hie Academy lha ol servatlntis ihnl we made In California. Thla o-riely o-riely expressed the gre.Ueat sntlsfnctlun with my teal nnd my services. They presented me to lha king, and to nil his ministers. They solicited for me ii recnininendailnii of my Inborn Ills majesty. Louis XV. granted mo a small p.-nnlnn of Suuf. The government la too equltahlo to lenvu ma In waul In Ihe flower of my "K". utlllcled with the evils which 1 hnva Incurred lor the service, uinl ludlspensnlily obliged to bavo a aervunt to lead ma. I hope, then, from hla Justice and from hla goodness, l Inn he will grunt mo an Increase of Ihe pension siiltlrlent to enable me to accomplish wll decency the real of my public careat |