Note 31 — Chapter II · THE OASES OF THE NORTH-WEST AND PASTORAL LIFE IN THE SCRUB
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The title of the merced often shows clearly the attraction which the springs at the foot of the Sierra had for colonists. The land of the merced of Ulapes is defined thus: "The spring and the land within two leagues of it in every direction." The spring is the centre. There its protecting deities live.