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X "Mission is rude as are these half gothic edifices, they produce an admirable interuption to the sameness of the surrounding hills; & that of San José may be esteemed as possessing claims to symetrical architecture & sculptural beauty. It appears that as many as 1200 indians were employed in its building, who were forced by whips & by the gloomy dread of certain death, if resistance was manifested, to pack upon their shoulders the ponderous materials from a quarry several miles distant". [?]