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to irrigation: the water coming from a dam a
mile or less off, in the Rancho of S.F. [San Fernando] the water is
conducted from the dam to the gardens by two
ditches; it goes separately to each one of those gardens.
Dam is made out of stone & mortar. the water goes
to one garden & then to the other: The dam is to
the N.E. of tract No 2; enters by the N.E. corner. It
comes out first in a ditch and is carried to a
gate a little to the N.E. of the tract No 2 & from
there it divides. One ditch goes to tract No 2 and
the other to tract No 8. divides about 100 yds [yards]
from tract No 2. Dam & ditch were already
built when I Knew San Fernando the old
priests made it; don't Know when. the priests
were still in poss. [possession] of the mission then.

Cross Ex. [Examination] [centered]

By Rancho I mean a large tract of land
with orchards &c. [et cetera] or a country residence
under cultivation or for raising stock.
At the time of the sale of this land by the Mexican
government, I heard it spoken of after the war,
between the U.S. & Mexico was over, not before. Before
the sale was called the Mission and also Rancho,
because stock works & all were there: term "Rancho"
was applied to the 116000 acres & upwards called
San Fernando. A Rancho need not be inhabited if
outside the limits of a town. By "Encino" I mean a Rancho
that is in the Valley of San Fernando, adjoining the
pieces I have described. It was a part of the