Camp and camino in Lower California; a record of the adventures of the author while exploring peninsular California, Mexico . O PJ Its. bC rt -S ^ rt rt <U +-I c „ rt 15 CO <u M-i p< o o c r; o (—• c« u c« CO H THE SIERRA CAMINO REAL 87 then cautiously hastened onward. To-day no Mexican wil-lingly stays any time in the mission precincts. When theshadows of night creep around the looming adobe walls andechoing down from the rocky cliffs comes the weird screamof a lion and the ghostly palms shiver and moan In the lone-ly night, then Senor Mejicano crosses himself and nervouslycurses the
Camp and camino in Lower California; a record of the adventures of the author while exploring peninsular California, Mexico . O PJ Its. bC rt -S ^ rt rt <U +-I c „ rt 15 CO <u M-i p< o o c r; o (—• c« u c« CO H THE SIERRA CAMINO REAL 87 then cautiously hastened onward. To-day no Mexican wil-lingly stays any time in the mission precincts. When theshadows of night creep around the looming adobe walls andechoing down from the rocky cliffs comes the weird screamof a lion and the ghostly palms shiver and moan In the lone-ly night, then Senor Mejicano crosses himself and nervouslycurses the luck that brought him to the spot, piles woodon his fire and lies down to broken slumber, naked macheteclose at hand and apprejos in stockade about him. CHAPTER VIII WHEREIN I BAG MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND MEET THE LAIRD FOR six days we camped near the old mission, restingour animals and ourselves. To distract my mozos,who were in continual dread of lions, I had thembuild a shady remada (arbor), cutting ocotilla shoots forthe corner supports and ridge-poles and thatching the wholewith broad palm boughs. To their delight, manife
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