Note 76 — {93} CHAPTER VII {V}

In Father Venegas' account of California, published at Madrid in 1758, we find a description of a similar method of transportation, used by the natives of that country. "The inhabitants of the banks of the Colorado make of the same herbs (a vine called Pita,) little tubs or bins, called Coritas, which generally hold about two bushels of maize; and in these they transport their goods from one shore to the other, without being in the least damaged by the water, they themselves swimming behind, and shoving these vehicles along before them."Vol. i. p. 44. London, 1759.—James.

Comment by Ed. See preceding volume, note 44, for sketch of Venegas.