. 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 . at we had seen,from tiny plants not longer than ones thumb, justprojecting from some crevice, to the giant cereus, thatshot up to the height of fifty feet. The agave, yucca,fouquiera, Spanish bayonet, mezquit, and other plants,alike grew in profusion around us. In the evening we again visited the church, wherethe same scenes were going on as before described. Itwas now brilliantl
. 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 . at we had seen,from tiny plants not longer than ones thumb, justprojecting from some crevice, to the giant cereus, thatshot up to the height of fifty feet. The agave, yucca,fouquiera, Spanish bayonet, mezquit, and other plants,alike grew in profusion around us. In the evening we again visited the church, wherethe same scenes were going on as before described. Itwas now brilliantly illuminated, and a procession wasmarching through the crowd, each individual in itholding a lighted candle in his hand. The music wasperformed by a circus band, from Hermosillo, whichplayed the same pieces for the interludes of the serviceas it did for the performances of evening. Someof our popular Ethiopian melodies occasionally greetedthe ear. October Ath. Finding it impossible to obtain pro-visions here, I determined to go to Ures, the Capitalof the State of Sonora, about ninety miles distant, forthe purpose of procuring what we needed, and of nego-tiating my drafts on the government, which I could \, l:. ?IMb I ? .villi:! fi|:i!ii:ii :
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