. 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 . y sheep ratherthan with any other animal; and I believe they would,in the words of the poet, even lick the hand thoughit was raised to shed their blood—if this were the handof the friar.* The harbor of San Diego is second only to that ofSan Francisco on the Californian coast. On the northand north-west, it is formed by Point Loma, a neck ofland which stretches far into the ocean
. 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 . y sheep ratherthan with any other animal; and I believe they would,in the words of the poet, even lick the hand thoughit was raised to shed their blood—if this were the handof the friar.* The harbor of San Diego is second only to that ofSan Francisco on the Californian coast. On the northand north-west, it is formed by Point Loma, a neck ofland which stretches far into the ocean terminated bya bold bluff, one of the most prominent and well-mark-ed headlands on the coast. From this the shore takesan easterly direction for about four miles, when it turnsand runs from twelve to fifteen miles towards the southern and western shores of the bay, are lowand sandy. The south-western shore is no more thana sand beach, connected by a narrow neck with the * Forbess California.—London, 1836, p. 230. TO SAN DIEGO. 95 main land, and for the greater portion of its length islittle more than a natural breakwater. The northernpart of this neck is more elevated and about a mile S^ .?:;._.
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