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THE arrival of the San Antonio with supplies wrought a marvelous change at San Diego. Despair vanished, and hope revived. Sadness gave way to joy, and the air was filled with a new-born optimism.

Father Serra gave thanks to Almighty God, and began the needed preparations for the momentous journey upon which his heart and mind had been so long and so strongly set. Portola, with his accustomed energy and ability, promptly reorganized his forces, and again set his face toward the north.

It was arranged that Serra, Constanso and Prat should go with Perez on the San Antonio, and that Crespi and Fages should again make the journey by land with Portola. And so the revived and reorganized expeditionary forces were gotten under way. The San Antonio sailed out of San Diego harbor on April 16, 1770, and 47