...the creek, and soon descried the schooner anchored out in the stream. On being hailed, a small boat came in and took us on board. The captain willingly agreed for a small sum to carry us down to San Francisco ; and, as his whole crew consisted of a small boy about twelve years old, we helped him to get up his anchor and pole the schooner down the creek and out over the bar on a high tide. This must have ...