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quite dark while they filled the canteens. Then, thinking
that they could not find their way in the dark, and frightened
of losing their way, they decided to spend the night at the
spring. Although they heard the shots, the rumble reverbera-
ting from the high mountains broke up in the gullies, and came
to them from one side and another. The had not seen the
fiery signal at all, and so they had spent the night, cold
and wet, without food or fire under the open sky.

We named the northern shore of these bays the San Rafael
Coast after the mission situated on it. The southern one is
already named St. Paul, or in Spanish, San Pablo, by the Span-
iards.

Having described the land and its inhabitants, there
remains only to add a few words about its resources.

California is abundant in forests, both deciduous and
coniferous. They do not serve any use because the Spaniards
use them only for small products and for rafters under the
roof, generally covered with straw or reeds, and very seldom
with tile or shingles. Of the deciduous ones, the oak, maple,
beech, ash, laurel, poplar, and various other species with
colored wood [?] are noticeable; of the coniferous, the cedar,
pine, and larch. All these species grow either mixed with
each other or in separate groves and endless forests. The
size of these trees is tremendous and could supply excellent
material for shipbuilding.

In the interior mountains, according to the Spaniards,