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Rh on the schooner Nieves. Possibly he had come up from Acapulco on the Morelos, which was at San Blas at the time en route for Monterey; but I think not, though some of his officers came on that vessel and joined him there. He remained at Loreto from June 22d until October, reorganizing peninsular affairs, issuing a reglamento, and appointing a sub gefe político. He finally set out for Monterey by land on October 4th, but, worn out by the hardships of the route, soon despatched to Argüello an order to meet him at San Diego, where he arrived late in October.

Meanwhile Argüello first heard of Echeandía’s appointment on July 4th by a letter from the latter dated June 25th, and announcing his arrival at Loreto en route for the capital. Later in the month, probably by the Morelos, came the official notice from Mexico. The order to meet his successor at San Diego came about the 26th, on which date Argüello replied that the state of his health would not permit him to make the journey so rapidly as was ordered, but he would come slowly. Two days later he sailed on a schooner for San Diego, where he turned over his office in November. Though Argüello was doubtless displeased at this innovation on his own