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Show 44 A TRfP AC.ROSS THE PLAI tg,. If asked to do any thing, they no quiere' (don't care or clon'L want to.) . 'ro' almost evcl'Y Q:lJestion, even' fhe most s1mple, you get the answet· quiere sabe (wh·o knows) or I don't know. The following anecdoto will !llustra~e their i~noraace. Ol' carelessness. A gentleman setng a gll'l carrytng a ch1ld, and wishi·ng to en tor into conversation n~k~d he1· the. ques· ~ion :· Qwere es le padre de esta, senontta ( who 1s the father of this, SGUOJ'i tta, pointing to the child) quiere sabe· senor (who knows, sir.) . . . rrhey, arc too indolent to l'~llse. much gt.. nln or vegitables,. being content to live on bPef, on1o?, garl1c and pepper, 'I'hey are very pious .duriug their attendance at church, but bring their chickens with .them ; tying thetn outside un· til the services arc concfuded 111 order to save the labor of returning home for them. . After services are ovet· cock and bull fighting consume the balance of the day. A· Fandango comes q!J in the evening. 'I'his about sums up a Mexican'~ idea of life. Fo1· eowardicc they cannot bo beaten any where. A Comanche 1 fJdian would ulmost think he was compro· mising !tis dignify, by fighting one of them. We will conclude by giving the situation und com mer· cial importance of some of the principal cities and towns .. San Francisco situated on a bay of the same name a few miles from its mouth, is the largest town in the state, contains many good buildings of brick and iron. It has the best harbor in the world, and is the principal port on that par• ... 0f the coast. Sacramento City on the Sacramento River, 175 ab0·VoSan Francisco is th-e second place in the state. The ri ve1· is navigable for the largest ves~els the greater part of th~ year. In commercial importance it alrnost equals San Francisco. Frcemont is a sn~,all ptace situated on Sacra .. men to River just below the month o.f Feather River.Marysville at the junction of Feather and Yuba Rivers, is growing rapidly, and is in a very ·flourishing condition.Small streams ply between it and Sacramento city during 1he greater pal't of the year. It is fifty miles by land above the latte1· place. Nevada city is situated on Dee1· cre~k forty miles above Marysville. • AND LIFE IN CALIFORNIA. 45 lfangtown ia ncar the American River, about fifty mile~ above Sacramento city. Three men were hung here in one day for stealing. and from 'this the p1uce derives its name. Stockton and Benicia are situ a ted on the bay of San Fran cisco. They are places of conqidernble importance. There aro a few towns .in the southern mines but we are unacquainted with their situation, and importance. |