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The San Joaquin River at its mouth varies from an 1/8th to a mile in width. The banks are low and marshy, and covered with a luxuriant growth of Tules, which grow to the height of 10 or 12 feet. which deprives the traveller from receiving the scenery beyond them. The adjacent Country is level, and numerous Sloughs branch off from the River, some of which are as large as the main stream rendering the navigation rather difficult to those unacquainted with them. We had the misfortune to run in to one of them the Captain discovered his mistake in a few hours, we tied our launch up to the Tules at night. The next day Augt 15th we arrived at Stockton, which is the principal trading post for the Southern Mines, it is a place of considerable size and importance as the great trading Depot for the Southern Mines. at present it is like all other cities we have seen in California a city of Tents, but few wooden structures brace its beautiful location.

Transcription Notes:
Tules are a kind of bulrush.