there being a vast Surface of the Sea from the Equinox to the South Pole, of at least 2000 Leagues in Longitude, that has hitherto been little regarded, tho' it be Agreeable to Reason, that there must be a Body of Land about the South Pole, to counterpoise those vast Countries about the North Pole. This I suppose to be the Reason, why our ancient Geographers mentioned a Terra Australis incognita, tho' very little of it has been seen by any-body. The Land near the South Pole in the South Sea, from California to Japan, is wholly unknown, altho' the old Maps describe the Streights of Anian, and a large Continent, which is but imaginery; for the Dutch themselves, who now trade in Japan, say, they do not yet know, whether it be an Island, or joins to the Continent. I have now done with California, of which the Spaniards would know very little, but for these annual Vessels, that sail from Manilla to Acapulco. As I have mentioned these Ships, I shall take Occasion to observe, that, generally speaking, those that come from Manilla, are much richer than our Prize; for she waited a long time for the Chinese Junks to bring Silk; which not arriving, she came away with a Cargo mixed with abundance of coarse Goods. Several of the prisoners assured me, that it was a common thing for a Manilla Ship to be worth 10,000,000 Pieces of Eight; so that, had it not been for this Accident, we had taken an extraordinary Prize indeed. After my Return into Europe, I met, in Holland, with a Sailor, who had been on board the large Ship, when we engaged her; and he let us into the Secret, that there was no taking her; for the Gunner kept constantly in the Powder-room, declaring, that he had taken the Sacrament to blow the Ship up, if we boarded her; which made the Men, as may be supposed, exceedingly resolute in her Defence. I was the more ready to credit what this Man told me, because he gave as regular and circumstantial an Account of the Engagement, as I could have done from my Journal.

END OF woodes rogers.

TWO SONGS.

By NORA MAY FRENCH.

'OU love the chant of green,

you

The low-voiced trees, the meadow's monotone.
Oh! friend of mine, it is for these you pray,

This alien land must call unheard, unseen,
While one beloved note your heart has known,
To hunger for it, half a world away.

Come with me to my height,

And stand at sunset when the winds are still,
Watching the hollow valleys brim with light,
The red and brown and yellow hills-they shout
And on the shoulders of the marching host
The bayonets are gleaming points of white.
Pressing beyond to deep and gradual blues,

Their lessening voices die in distance pale;
Ineffably dissolved in opal hues,

Against the sky the last sweet echoes fail
While all the West is quivering, fold on fold
To one great voice-one vibrant peal of gold.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Chairman Membership Committee, Mrs. J. G. Mossin, 1033 Santee St.

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: R. Egan, Tessa L. Kelso.

LIFE MEMBERS: Jas. B. Lankershim, J. Downey Harvey, Edward E. Ayer, John F. Francis, Mrs. John F. Francis, Mrs. Alfred Solano, Margaret Collier Graham, Miss Collier, Andrew McNally, Rt. Rev. Geo. Montgomery, Miss M. F. Wills, B. F. Porter, Prof. Chas. C. Bragdon, Mrs. Jas. W. Scott, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, Miss Annie D. Apperson, Miss Agnes Lane, Mrs. M. W. Kincaid, Col. H. G. Otis, H. Jevne, J. R. Newberry, Dr. W. Jarvis Barlow, Marion Brooks Barlow, Geo. W. Marston, Chas. L. Hutchinson, U. S. Grant, jr., Isabel M. R. Severance, Mrs. Louisa C. Bacon, Miss Susan Bacon, Miss Mira Hershey, Jeremiah Ahern, William Marshall Garland, Geo. L. Fleitz, Miss Josephine W. Drexel, Mrs. Sarah M. Utt, Miss Anita Utt, Emily Runyon Earl, D. M. Riordan, Frank J. Sullivan, Alice Phelan Sullivan, John Jewett Garland, Alfred Solano, P. Campbell Hoyle, Amelia P. Hollenback.

ADVISORY BOARD: Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, Gen. H. G. Otis, R. Egan, W. C. Patterson. Adeline Stearns Wing, Tessa L. Kelso, Don Marcos Forster, Chas. Cassat Davis, Miss M. F. Wills, C. D. Willard, John F. Francis, Frank J. Polley, Rev. Hugh K. Walker, Elmer Wachtel, Maj. H. T. Lee, Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Johnson, Bishop of Los Angeles.

LAVISHLY illustrated pamphlet showing the work already done by the Club will be sent free on application. The Club is seriously in need of funds to continue

its work.

THE COOK BOOK.

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So grave and serious a review as The Dial, of Chicago, says (Oct. 1, 1903): "In this age of domestic-science culture, no worthy cook-book needs an excuse for being, and 'The Landmarks Club Cook Book,' which comes to us from Los Angeles, Cal., would need none in any age. For although it does not claim to be scientific, it is closely allied to science, being the first of its class, as far as we know, based upon or definitely recognizing a regional adaptation of foods. This book radiates attractiveness, from the significant string of peppers on its cover, through its pages of half-tone pictures of the California missions in whose interest it is published, to the body of the volume. With signed recipes from everywhere, its specialty is SpanishAmerican cookery, and its masterpieces are famous dishes of Old California, Mexico and Peru. The fact that Mr. Charles F. Lummis contributes an introductory article on Spanish-American cookery vouches for its accuracy as well as for its charm. He also gives recipes for many historic dishes of those southern lands which have held a large portion of his life and of his

heart, and his section of this book is the only place known to us where one can get English cooking directions for real Spanish dishes. Every American has reason to thank the Landmarks Club for its efforts to preserve the most interesting of the historic remains of Southern California. It has worked under expert supervision, and the reports of what it has accomplished with little money are most interesting. The compilation of this book has been a labor of love on the part of the club, and the proceeds of its sale will go to the further work of restoration of the now fast decaying yet still beautiful mission buildings."

FUNDS FOR THE WORK.

Already acknowledged, $6,398.

New Contributions-The Catholic Church, by rent of rooms at Pala Mission, $408; the same, by rent of the Monastery at San Fernando Mission, $72; Frank A. Salmons, services in repairing Pala Mission, $50.

$1 each-A. S. Anondson, Borate, Cal.; Alice J. Stevens, Los Angeles (services).

"ROSE OF SEVILLE.”

By HENRY WALKER NOYES.
DREAMED last night of Spain, Love,
Where storied castles are.

A Troubadour again, Love,

I touched a light guitar.
Within the walls of old Seville,
Beneath thy moonlit lattice grille
I sang to thee, when all was still,
A lay of love and war.

You lingered by the grille, dear,
A picture in the bars;

The Rose of old Seville, dear,

I vowed by all the stars.
And when a gage I asked of you,
To me a scented glove you threw,
And bade me up to dare and do

With lance and shield of Mars.

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You danced with me tonight, Love,
A stately old Quadrille.

Your eyes were softly bright, Love,
-My sweet Rose of Seville-

You held two dainty hands to me,
The one was masked-the other free-
The truant glove I had from thee

Last night in old Seville.

You blushed at me askance, dear,
-The music wove a spell-
And thus in Cupid's trance, dear,
A prophecy befell:

Last night-you said-in dream's domain
A Troubadour of olden Spain

Beneath thy lattice sang a strain,

And won a heart as well.

Se-quo-ya, "the American Cadmus" (born 1771, died 1842), was the only Indian that ever invented a written language. The League takes its title from this great Cherokee, for whom, also, science has named ("Sequoias") the hugest trees in the world, the giant Redwoods of California.

Amelia B. Hollenback, Josephine W. Drexel, Thos. Scattergood, Miss Mira Hershey.

HE selection of Chas. J. Bonaparte to assist the Secretary of the Interior in ferreting out the rascals who have been preying on the Indians of Indian Territory and Oklahoma is one of the best that could have been made. There seems to be no doubt that members of the Dawes Commission and other government officials, paid to protect the Indians, have indecently combined to "skin" them-and have done it by wholesale. Mr. Bonaparte is the sort of man to get to the bottom of this peculiarly contemptible business, and to bring the offenders to book without fear or favor.

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Before the 700 Mission Indians for whose relief provision was made last year, through the efforts of the League, have to face another season, it is to be hoped the government will apply that relief. At least as many more are destitute-and the shameful condition of affairs has been known for years but for these 700 the money is on hand in the Department, and the method of using it officially recommended. The matter was more fully stated in these pages last month. It is time to agitate it now, and to a finish.

CHAS. F. LUMMIS.

THE GROWTH OF LOS ANGELES. GT may interest the visiting Bankers to know that according to the last U. S. Census Los Angeles presents a phenomenon such as the most progressive of them are not familiar with in the placid East. A long array of official figures covering the astounding growth and wealth of California was contained in the series "The Right Hand of the Continent," printed in this magazine throughout the year ending last June. But the following tables, since compiled, may serve as a hint of what the longer story has to tell. The figures, of course, are for 1900; since which time the growth has been even greater. Out of the 159 cities in the Union now having populations of 25,000 or over, only 31 have shown in the decade from 1890 to 1900 one-half the percentage of gain that Los Angeles has made. These are:

Aside from the comparison of percentages, it will be observed that only two of these 31 cities have gained as many people in the decade as Los Angeles has.