On the more eastern one there is an Indian village,
rough, like the ones in Monterey. This part seems to have better places
for missions, though I did not examine it except from a distance.
All the above stated in this report is what I observed, saw, surveyed,
and sounded, during the days, in which by your orders, I went to the
reconnoitering of this Port of San Francisco in its interior; and as
proof of it, I sign it in this new Port of San Francisco, at the shelter
of Angel Island, on September 7th, 1775.
Jose de Canizares.
[69] This is the body of water between Pt. San Pedro, Pt. San Pablo, Pt.
Richmond and Tiburon Peninsula. The high farallon is Red Rock.
[70] The rocks are The Sisters and The Brothers.
[71] San Pablo Bay.
[72] Napa Slough. The marsh was evidently under water, and island number
one, with Mare Island, made one long island.
[73] Codo - 1 1/2 feet.
[74] Mare Island. The division of the hills or canon is Carquines
Strait.
[75] Carquines Straits.
[76] The Assumption of the Virgin - August 15th. It is Southampton bay.
[77] That is, from Puerto de la Asumpta.
