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THE ROMANCE OF MONTEREY 21 ley some five miles distant from the harbor where his ships lay anchored, through whose verdant and flower-bedecked meadows ran a stream that poured its clear waters into the Pacific, on the southern

side of

the peninsula. He named this stream Rio Carmelo— Carmel River—in honor of the Carmelite friars who had accompanied him, which name it still retains, and near

which, in the beautiful Carmel Valley, the great Serra

later established the Mission that became his headquarters—where he now sleeps. Vizcaino sailed back to Mexico elated with his success. He made an elaborate official report to the Viceroy of Mexico,

in which he dwelt with much detail upon the maritime advantages of the newly discovered harbor and the _ resources of the adjacent country. In the meantime, however, the Count

of Monterey had been succeeded as Viceroy by the Marquis de Montesclaros, and it was to the latter that Vizcaino made his elaborate and enthusiastic report.