. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . taken advantage of. Within a quarter of a mile is alagoon and morass about two miles in width, and sixtymiles in length. During the dry season this lagoonbecomes nearly empty of water, when a pestilentialeffluvia arises which renders it extremely dangerous toall who live on the bay, and even to the crews of theships which stop there. This, of course, will preventany considerable
. Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua : connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, during the years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 . taken advantage of. Within a quarter of a mile is alagoon and morass about two miles in width, and sixtymiles in length. During the dry season this lagoonbecomes nearly empty of water, when a pestilentialeffluvia arises which renders it extremely dangerous toall who live on the bay, and even to the crews of theships which stop there. This, of course, will preventany considerable settlement from ever being madehere. Instances have occurred where every soul onboard a ship has been taken sick and half of them havedied, while stopping here a few days to discharge acargo. My German friend cautioned me not to eatany fruit while here, even an orange, and to avoid the 496 GUAYMAS TO SAN DIEGO, night air. The plantains, bananas, and oranges laid inby me at San Bias, have therefore been put aside torot or be thrown overboard. The cheapness of thesefruits on this coast is such, that a single dollar will buyenough for a voyage to San Francisco, allowing for adaily supply as much as one could Manzanillo Bay. January list A courier arrived very unexpect-edly from Colima, with the ships papers and permissionto discharge the cargo. This news was received withmuch joy. A lighter was soon alongside, with a host ofhalf-naked Mexicans, and all hands at once set to work. This morning I took my gun and returned to thelaguna, to see if there was any game. I found a logcanoe, and coasted along its banks for a mile or more. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. 497 There was a great abundance of ducks, pelicans, cranes,and other water fowl; but I was so much exposed,that I could not get a shot. I now landed to try mychance from among the mangrove trees and janglewhich grew on the banks. But here the difficulty ofwalking was so great, that it was at the hazard of mylife that I attempted
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