Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . SENORA FORSTER. before the American conquest. It was so long beforethat he had well-nigh forgotten his English, and had tolearn it over again when the Americans arrived. TheSeilora, a sister of Governor Pio Pico, never learned itat all, any more than her conservative brother. Don Juans estate, the Santa Margarita Ranch, com-prised an area of twenty-seven miles by fourteen, or onehundred and fort3^-five thousand acres of land. Therewas one fence seventeen miles in length, and anotherten. T
Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . SENORA FORSTER. before the American conquest. It was so long beforethat he had well-nigh forgotten his English, and had tolearn it over again when the Americans arrived. TheSeilora, a sister of Governor Pio Pico, never learned itat all, any more than her conservative brother. Don Juans estate, the Santa Margarita Ranch, com-prised an area of twenty-seven miles by fourteen, or onehundred and fort3^-five thousand acres of land. Therewas one fence seventeen miles in length, and anotherten. The owner had made two distinct efforts to col-onize a portion of his land, without great success. Hehad offered in London to give forty acres and the use ofthree cows and two horses to whoever would put upon SAN DIEGO, AXD THE MEXICAN FRONTIER. 463. 464 OLD MEXICO AND HER LOST PROVINCES. the laud improvements, in the shape of houses, vineyards,etc., to the amount of $1000. The Santa Margarita ranch-house is of adobe, verythick-walled, with a terrace in front, and an interiorcourt. The waiting at table was by a broad-faced In-dian woman in calico. All the domestic service was per-formed by mission Indians, except the cooking, for whicha Chinaman had lately been secured, with the view ofhaving meals on time. The manner of living on thesegreat places was found comfortable, but without theprincely features attributed to it in some of the highlycolored narratives of former travellers. The greater part of the available land in the sectionwas devoted to pasture. The cereals were cultivated, butnot much fruit. Barley is the favorite cereal, as less lia-ble to rust and spoil than wheat. Hay is made, not ofgrass, but of wheat and barley straw, cut green, with themilk still in it. Bee-culture is an important industry. Anumber of varieties o
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