iver still remains dedicated. Farther on, they came to forests
of redwood--"_Palo Colorado_," they called it. Crespi describes the
trees "as very high, resembling cedars of Lebanon, but not of the same
color; the leaves different, and the wood very brittle."

[Illustration: A Record of Junipero Serra.]

At Santa Cruz, on the San Lorenzo River, they encamped, still bewailing
their inability to find Monterey Bay. Going northward, along the coast
past Pescadero and Halfmoon Bay, they saw the great headland of Point
San Pedro. They called it Point Guardian Angel (Angel Custodio), and
from its heights they could clearly see Point Reyes and the chalk-white
islands of the Farallones. These landmarks they recognized from the
charts of Cabrera Bueno. Crespi says: "Scarce had we ascended the
hill, when we perceived a vast bay formed by a great projection of land
extending out to sea. We see six or seven islands, white, and
differing in size. Following the coast toward the north, we can
perceive a wide, deep cut, and northwest we see the opening of a bay
which seems to go inside the land. At these signs, we come to
recognize this harbor. It is that of our Father St. Francis, and that
of Monterey we have left behind." "But some," he adds, "cannot believe
yet that we have left behind us the harbor of Monterey, and that we are
in that of San Francisco."

But the "Harbor of San Francisco," as indicated by Cabrera Bueno, lay
quite outside the Golden Gate, in the curve between Point San Pedro on
the south, and Point Reyes on the north. The existence of the Golden
Gate, and the landlocked waters within, forming what is now known as
San Francisco Bay, was not suspected by any of the early explorers.
The high coast line, the rolling breakers, and, perhaps, the banks of
fog, had hidden the Golden Gate and the bay from Cabrillo, Drake, and
Vizcaino alike. By chance a few members of Portola's otherwise
unfortunate expedition discovered the glorious harbor. Some of the
soldiers, led by an officer named Ortega, wandered out on the Sierra
Morena, east of Point San Pedro. When they reached the summit and
looked eastward, an entirely new prospect was spread out before them.
From the foothills of these mountains, they saw a great arm of the
ocean--"a mediterranean sea," they termed it, according to Mr. Doyle's
account, "with a fair and extensive valley bordering it, rich and
fertile--a paradise compared with the country they had be