CHAPTER XVII.

Sail up the Bay.--Embarcadera of San Jose.--We sleep at a Rancho.--Don Ignacio proves to be a Scamp.--Puebla.--Architecture and Agriculture.--Mission of Santa Clara.--The Cannonier.--The Padres.--The Dandies.--We attend Mass.--"The Forwardest Gall of the Mission."--Bear Hunt with Dan Murphy.--Rustic Politeness.--Mission of San Juan.--The Gascon.--Crescencia is taken with Fits.--Empirical Practice.--Get back to Monterey. 111