CHAPTER XVI.

Dispatches and Equipments.--Californian Gamesters.--The Vacuero.--Don Herman.--The Youthful Mother and her Gay Deceiver.--We Sup on Eggs.--Murphy's Rancho.--Pretty Ellen.--Picturesque Location.--Puebla.--Santa Clara.--Priests and Indians.--Ladies drying Beef.--Reach Yerbabuena. 102