Southern California; . he days of the Mexican supremacy, anda firm friend of the Americans, in consequence of whichfriendship, it is said, he lost his large estate in LowerCalifornia. Added interest is attached to his personalityfrom the prominence with which he figures in Danas Two Years Before the Mast. It was but a mile or twolower down on the beach from Old Town that Danaencamped at the hide house, and where his Kanakafriend, of whom he gives so touching an account, livedand died. Opposite the Bandini house is a tiled roofed adobe,tenantless and forlorn, which was formerly the home ofthe E
Southern California; . he days of the Mexican supremacy, anda firm friend of the Americans, in consequence of whichfriendship, it is said, he lost his large estate in LowerCalifornia. Added interest is attached to his personalityfrom the prominence with which he figures in Danas Two Years Before the Mast. It was but a mile or twolower down on the beach from Old Town that Danaencamped at the hide house, and where his Kanakafriend, of whom he gives so touching an account, livedand died. Opposite the Bandini house is a tiled roofed adobe,tenantless and forlorn, which was formerly the home ofthe Estudillos, a wealthy and influential Mexican familyof the early days. The interest which now invests theplace, however, is occasioned by the reference to it in Ramona as the residence of Father Gaspara and the account of Alessandro and^f^/ Ramona signing there themarriage record. Theold adobe church where,according to Mrs. Jack-sons touching story, themarriage was solemnized,stands near the quaintadobe-walled cemetery,. /^ -,::i:^M^J^-^ 3f5r?*^^^3-^s§^ge2^— but the clapboard sheathing, added as protection from theweather, hardly enhances the picturesque effect. Modern San Diego is situated on the bay shore twoor three miles below Old Town. The residence portionof the city lies upon the hills overlooking the beautifulsweep of bay and ocean, while the business section islocated on the lower ground reaching down toward thewater. The waterfront, known in the local vernacularas Stingaree Town, is a motley but very picturesquesection — with fishermens shanties standing on stilts outover the water, backed by irregular streets of the Chinesequarter where John chat- ^ ~^-^^_ -y >^) - ters with his neighbor or *S}}^*^f.^,i gravely smokes his pipe ___. , .,^-^-i- ^ / c while watching the group of ^^ - ^V-* children, with almond eyes „ , ^ r \ and dangling queues of silk, ^^^i,^-, lj_^ jy i~i^ playing in the doorway. _;-^ ~ *^^^^:^ Farther along on the water- ou t„ front is the
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