13 a coach & road to the built on the rocks standing
on the shore of the pacific Ocean about 150 yards from the House
out in the ocean stands several Huge Masses of rock rising 100
feet out of the sea which are nearly covered with the sea lions
from the babies up to those which would weigh 1000 lbs from one
to 200 were in sight at a time some were sleeping others barking
others again were swiming in the water these rocks also contained
hundreds of pelican & other large birds. It was a grand sight
On our return we rode along the beach for a mile or more
the sand was heavy & a heavy load we broke one whippletry
which detained us for an hour, we returned to the ,
dined, & then rode with Mr Hydrolick &
Civil IEngineer. He took us to the
which contained 14,000,000 gallons of water it is in a
[FIGURE] shape 18 feet deep. There is now 137 Miles of water
in the & 45 miles ajacent to the City, the large pipes
were 37 inches in diameter After visiting the water pipes
we went to the Force pump whare water is raised 307 feet
High & 1000 feet long. While on the way here we saw the moving sand
banks which like drifting snow was covering a small portion
of the bothe lots & building 100 feet deep U.S. had a fort that
was in danger of being swallowed up they had raised a fence
60 feet high & the sand was pooring over that
