We spent a day very pleasantly with him, and learned that he had come to California some years before, at the personal advice of Daniel Webster, who had informed him that sooner or later the United States would be in possession of California, and that in consequence it would become a great country.

From Bodega we traveled to Sonoma, by way of Petaluma, and spent a day with General Vallejo.

I had been there before, as related, in the business of the alcalde Nash.

From Sonoma we crossed over by way of Napa, Suisun, and Vaca's ranch, to the Puta.

In the rainy season, the plain between the Puta and Sacramento Rivers is impassable, but in July the waters dry up; and we passed without trouble, by the trail for Sutter's Embarcadero.