Wherever they go, the Mormons transform waste land into scenes of prosperity, so much so that the Mexicans attribute the success of these indefatigable developers to a gold mine, which they are supposed to work secretly at night.
As I found it imperative to return to the United States in the interest of the expedition, I considered it expedient to reduce my scientific corps to three.

My camp at San Diego I left in charge of Mr.H.White, who later on was relieved by Mr.C.V.

Hartman.

During my absence they conducted excavations of the mounds along the southern bank of the Piedras Verdes River, near its junction with San Miguel River, and in convenient neighbourhood to the camp.

Neither the mounds themselves nor the houses inside of them differ much from those already described on the upper part of the river, except that some of the mounds here were somewhat larger.