"Give us 'Cheerily!'" said the mate; but there
was no "cheerily" for us, and we did without it. The captain walked
the quarterdeck, and said not a word. He must have seen the change,
but there was nothing which he could notice officially.
We sailed leisurely down the coast before a light fair wind, keeping
the land well aboard, and saw two other missions, looking like
blocks of white plaster, shining in the distance; one of which,
situated on the top of a high hill, was San Juan Capestrano, under
which vessels sometimes come to anchor, in the summer season, and take
off hides. The most distant one was St. Louis Rey, which the third
mate said was only fifteen miles from San Diego. At sunset on the
second day, we had a large and well wooded headland directly before
us, behind which lay the little harbor of San Diego. We were
becalmed off this point all night, but the next morning, which was
Saturday, the 14th of March, having a good breeze, we stood round
the point, and hauling our the point, and hauling our wind, brought
the little harbor, which is rather the outlet of a small river,
right before us.
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