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Show IN CALIFORNIA. 111 engaged in the fandango attracted particular attention ; one of them, from his extraordinary beauty, and the other from his admirable skill in the dance. They were dressed in calcineros, and, in other respects, in the extreme of the Californian fashion. It struck n1e that I had seen their countenances before, and at last I felt assured that they were two young ladies from San Jose. Casting my eyes round the room, I observed a third belonging to the same party, with whose countenance I was somewhat familiar. They were, indeed, none other than the Mazaticas. But who are the Mazaticas? Patience, gentle reader, and you shall know all about them. During our stay in the lo,ver country, three females, with their chaperon, arrived at San Jose from Mazatlan, and took up their residence in a large bamboo-house on the outskirts of the town. The names by 'v hich they were known were Augustina, Warner, Pancho, and Jack Scott. All of them were of Spanish descent. Augustina being a very beautiful girl, Pancho a very fascinating one in manner, |