is it possible to anchor, due to the lack
of shelter. However, if such is the case, position ought to be
maintained by force of cables because the same current is found
here as in the northern part of the bay.

On the northeastern shore this bay is surrounded by high ranges
of hills. At the mouth there is a luxuriant forest of live oak
and another even larger at the upper end, together with a heavy
growth of redwood. On the southwestern shore is a small estuary
navigable only by small boats, and on the same shore two inlets
in which anchorage is possible. Another, to the east, has a
rancheria of Indians like those at Monterey. This coast appears
to have locations very suitable for missions, although I
examined them only from a distance.

All that is set forth in this account is what I have observed,
witnessed, measured, and sounded during these days when, on
orders from your Excellency, I went out to explore the interior
of this port of San Francisco. For the record I am composing
this account in this new port of San Francisco under the shelter
of the Island of Los Angeles, today September 7, 1755.

It is clear that Canizares, starting from what is now called Angel
Island, crossed the Bay south of Point Richmond and proceeded northward
between Point San Pablo and Point San Pedro into San Pablo Bay (Bahia de
Guadelupe or Redonda). He explored Petaluma Creek (Estero de Nuestra
Senora de la Merced) and the sloughs near Mare Island. Except for the
southwest he found this bay surrounded by arid, treeless hills, thus
agreeing with the opinion of the explorers by land. Just before entering
Carquinez Strait, he saw a large rancheria. Although this village is not
shown on the 1776 map it appears on the 1781 map at the southwest side
of the western mouth of the strait. It is no doubt the same site
described by Font.

One league, or perhaps three miles, from the entrance Canizares
encountered what he regarded as a spacious inlet or cove. Wagner (1937)
and Cutter (1950) both state that this was Southampton Bay, opposite
Port Costa (Puerto de la Asumpta). Cutter (p. 13) also claims that it
has been filled with mud since 1775 and largely obliterated, but gives
no evidence in support of the opinion. Canizares describes Army Point,
near Benicia (Puerto de los Evangelistas on the maps), and then gives an
account of Suisun Bay which he says contained numerous is