San Francisco water . s soon as the expedition halted, a greatmany of the pagans came in,making signsof friendship and expressing their pleasure at our arrival. Their goodwill wasgreatly increased when they saw withwhat courtesy we treated them, and when they receivedthe little presents which we gave them of beads and trin-kets to attract them, and also of our food. They continuedto visit us frequently, bringing us presents of small value,principally shell-fish and grass-seeds. . In the explo-ration which we made we found that we were on a penin-sula without other exit or entrance than to the
San Francisco water . s soon as the expedition halted, a greatmany of the pagans came in,making signsof friendship and expressing their pleasure at our arrival. Their goodwill wasgreatly increased when they saw withwhat courtesy we treated them, and when they receivedthe little presents which we gave them of beads and trin-kets to attract them, and also of our food. They continuedto visit us frequently, bringing us presents of small value,principally shell-fish and grass-seeds. . In the explo-ration which we made we found that we were on a penin-sula without other exit or entrance than to the southwardand southeast, as on every other side we were surroundedby salt water. On the east we had the inlet which extendsto the southeast, although as it is only about three leagueswide we could easily see the land and the mountains onthe other side. To the north stretched away another armof the sea and on the west and south was the great PacificOcean with the roadstead of the Farallones atthe mouth or entrance o
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