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were moldy from humidity, and the majority of them had ac-
quired worms, and therefore, should have been thrown over-
board, but they were still fit as feed for pigs. We had en-
ough room in the hold, and for this reason they were packed
into empty barrels, although we still did not have these
animals, but it was intended to stock up on this livestock in
the Sandwich, or more correctly, the Hawaiian, Islands. Im-
mediately, arrangements were made for the purchase of the neces-
sary amount of wheat from the missions of San Francisco,
Santa Clara, and San Rafael. But then the difficutly arose
of how to convert the grain into flour because the only flour
mill, driven by horses, was out of order, and the Spaniards
ground the wheat for their own use in handmills, which, for
the quantity that we needed, was almost impossible, or in any
case, the affar would be very drawn-out. For this reason,
we sent our carpenters to the mission, who soon repaired the
mill, but then appeared another deficiency. In all of the
"presidio" there were no suitable ovens. This obstacle we,
too, overcame. We found enought bricks--of course, not fired
bricks--of clay, of which there was also no shortage, so we, in
one week, put together two enormous ovens behind the walls of
the "presidio," and made a shed of thin planks over them. We
detailed eight bread bakers from the crew of both sloops, and
the enterprise started underway with the desired progress. In
the space of two months they baked the entire quantity of sea
bisuits needed for the remainder of the voyage, and in ad-
dition, provided the crew with fresh bread during our stay of