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to finish it off.
On the shore, which at first was low, and then higher,
we saw innumerable wild horned cattle and horses. Having
finished the sightings we lifted thegrapnel and at about five
the grapnel o'clock, arrived at the new cape where we arranged to spend
the night. Although the shore of this cape is high, it has
a narrow surface, so that we had difficulty finding a convenient
place for our tents. In general, this place was quite
uncomfortable. The men had to go quite far for wood, and
there was no drinking water at all, but we had a reserve, taken
along for such an emergency. During the night arose a strong
wind with snow and rain, which came down so strongly at times
that the tents could not hold back the torrents. This rain
did not let us close our eyes all night long. Toward morning,
the wind abated and gave us a few hours of quiet sleep. Later
on, in order to curtail the work, we stretched out a magistral
line of 250 sazhens and having taken angles from both sides,
were preparing to leave when we saw two horsemen galloping
directly toward us. When they came near, we recognized two
Indians, who came from the building seen by me in the morning,
which belonged to the San Franciscan Mission, and was called
San Pablo. They had seen our fireworks and had heard the
firing of the falconet. As for the lights we had seen, according
to them, they indeed belonged to a nomadic Indian tribe,
which had been in this place for a time, and had left that
very night, probably from fright from our shooting.