CHAPTER XIII.

Our Aerie.--The Bay and the Hills.--The Little Gnome.--Earthquake.--Temporary Residents.--The Trade-Wind.--Seal-Rocks.--Farallon Islands.--Exhilarating Air.--Approach of Summer.--Centennial Procession.--Suicides.--Mission Dolores.--Father Pedro Font and his Expedition.--The Mission Indians.--Chinese Feast of the Dead.--Curious Weather. 199