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She sailed  on  the  15th  of  April  with  no  less  than  six- ty-eight persons, among  whom  were  some  who  in  lat- ter years acquired  more  or  less  distinction  in  California. In the  course  of  the  voyage  they  underwent  much suffering, scarcity  of  water  contributing  thereto. A number of  the  company,  driven  to  desperation,  landed in Lower  California,  and  made  their  way  north  on foot. Reaching Kosario  with  the  greatest  difficulty, they sighted  two  vessels,  one  the  Dolphin  and  the other an  Italian  bark. The latter  took  some  of  the schooner's passengers  away  with  her,  and  a  few  of  the land party  returned  to  their  own  old  craft,  the  rest preferring to  continue  their  journey  up  the  coast. The latter after  undergoing  many  hardships  reached  San Diego on  the  24th  of  June,  As  for  the  Dolphin,  she went into  San  Diego  harbor  in  a  sinking  condition,  and was condemned  and  sold  without  more  ado. One of her  passengers  had  died  on  the  voyage.

The vicissitudes  of  a  party  on  board  the  schooner San Blasena,  of  thirty -five  tons,  which  sailed  from Mazatlan in  May  of  the  same  year,  were  in  many  re- spects the counterpart  of  those  suffered  by  the  Dol- phins people. Some of  their  number  were  taken  off by another  vessel  at  sea;  the  rest  abandoned  the  craft on the  coast  of  Lower  California,  and  made  their  way on foot,  carrying  their  effects  on  their  backs,  to  Todos Santos, where  they  procured  mules,  and  on  the  24tli of May  set  out  for  La  Paz. On the  journey  they suffered greatly  for  want  of  provisions  and  water. Finally, on  the  11th  of  August,  they  fell  in  with Emory's surveying  party  at  the  initial  point  of  the Mexican boundary  line. Meanwhile the  Sail  Blasena left San  Jose  del  Cabo,  and  completed  her  voyage  at Monterey,  after  the  manner  of  the  Dolphin,  on  the  1st of July.

Another of  the  land  journeys  up  the  peninsula  was that of  J.  W.  Venable,  who  came  from  Kentucky  via Panamd in  1849,  and  was  a  member  of  the  state  as- sembly from Los  Angeles  in  1873,  and  who  travelled