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Angel Island.] [Footnote 50: Alcatraz--Pelican] [Footnote 51: The Southern portion of the bay.] [Footnote 52: Pt. San Pedro.] [Footnote 53: That is: Pt. Almejas or Pt. San Pedro.] [Footnote 54: Barranca: The dictionary definition is a ravine or gulch, but it also means a high bluff or cliff and in that sense is used by these explorers.] [Footnote 55: i. e.: from Pt. Almejas.] [Footnote 56: Cliff Rouse Rocks.] [Footnote 57: Punta del Angel de la Guarda--Point Lobos.] [Footnote 58: Seal Rocks.] [Footnote 59: Bakers Beach.] [Footnote 60: Lobos Creek.] [Footnote 61: i. e.: Inside of Point San Jose--Fort Point.] [Footnote 62: Tamalpais] [Footnote 63: Point Bonita. The present name was given it in 1776.] [Footnote 64: Golden Gate Strait.] [Footnote 65: i. e.: The outer harbor; outside of the Golden Gate.] [Footnote 66: Lime Point.] [Footnote 67: Angel Island.] [Footnote 68: The Presidio anchorage.] [Footnote 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.] [Footnote 70: The rocks are The Sisters and The Brothers.] [Footnote 71: San Pablo Bay.] [Footnote 72: Napa Slough. The marsh was evidently under water, and island number one, with Mare Island, made one long island.] [Footnote 73: Codo--1 1/2 feet.] [Footnote 74: Mare Island. The division of the hills or canon is Carquines Strait.] [Footnote 75: Carquines Straits.] [Footnote 76: The Assumption of the Virgin--August 15th. It is Southampton bay.] [Footnote 77: That is, from Puerto de la Asumpta.] [Footnote 78: Suisun Bay.] [Footnote 79: The Sacramento and San Joaquin. Suisun Bay was long known as Puerto Dulce--Freshwater Port.] [Footnote 80: Yerba Buena or Goat Island. Canizaries marked it on the map (c) for isla do Alcatraces, but that evidently was a mistake, as a comparison of the entry in the Log under date of August 12, with the map will show.] [Footnote 81: Oakland and Berkeley tide flats.] [Footnote 82: Islais creek.] [Footnote 83: Yerba Buena cove and Mission bay.] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The March of Portola, by Zoeth S. Eldredge and E. J. Molera *** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MARCH OF PORTOLA *** ***** This file should be named 4978.txt or 4978.zip ***** This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/4/9/7/
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