. 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 . ome. North and south, the dimensions areupwards of six hundred feet. This vast space includedevery thing that appertained to the mission. On thesouth-eastern corner is a small Campo Santo. Nextcomes the church with the priests apartments immedi-ately adjoining, and a small inclosure, or garden, shutin by the church walls on one side and by the main build-ing on the other. This ga
. 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 . ome. North and south, the dimensions areupwards of six hundred feet. This vast space includedevery thing that appertained to the mission. On thesouth-eastern corner is a small Campo Santo. Nextcomes the church with the priests apartments immedi-ately adjoining, and a small inclosure, or garden, shutin by the church walls on one side and by the main build-ing on the other. This garden was handsomely laid out,and still contains a variety of fruit and ornamentaltrees. The main building is about three hundred feetsquare, with a colonnade in front. In the interior, isan open area of the same dimensions, with a beautifulcolonnade all around. In the centre of this was a gar-den ; but the only plant of interest that remains, is a * The general plan of this building and its admeasurements havebeen mislaid, so that I am unable to give the exact dimensions. 90 RETURN FROM SAN FRANCISCO pepper tree. This stands in a circular bed elevatedfour or five feet above the area, and is protected by Mission of San Luis Key, California. On the four sides of this extensive area are doublerows of apartments, some of which are very large, in-cluding reception rooms, dining halls, sleeping apart-ments, kitchen, &c. In the rear were corrals or inclo-sures for cattle ; so that every thing appertaining tothis vast establishment might be brought within itswalls. It is all in a good state of preservation exceptthe north-west corner of the area, where the roof hasfallen in. Some of the cattle yards and stables are alsoout of repair. But the church, and nearly all the apart-ments occupied for dwellings, are still habitable. TO SAN DIEGO. 91 This establishment had been abandoned with mostof the other Californian missions ; but when the UnitedStates became the possessors of the c
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