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249 Sunday April 16h,- All hands were called at 3 Oclock this morning, "I, say called", but not awoke, by calling as there had been such an awful noise all night we could not sleep.- One would think, all from the Informal Rigion's had been let loose and congregated here, for our special benefit, some of them would ride their Mules into the house and drive up to the bar, for a drink, being to drunk to get there, and back again, any other way- and in fact they kept on their mules most of the night. for the very purpose of being able to get back, & forth, from one bar to the other. just so long as there was life enough in them, to hold on, and strength enough to raise a glass to their lips etc- we were called early- that we might get an early start- had our breakfast at 4, and then prepared for a start- our party started about 1/2 past 4, Am from this place Obispo, many however' had started before this, and some few, went on last eve /altho not considered safe to travel here nights/- it was a most splendid morning- and the moon some 3 or 4 hours high when we started, and not a cloud to be seen, we traveled along leisurely by ourselves Mr Stearn's- Winslow and myself, and arrived at the Town of Cruices?, about daybreak