With the exception of the first three, which are round dances, the dances are danced by two persons; the steps are very fancy, and for some castanets are used. It was customary after each change of step for the gentleman to recite a pretty little stanza complimentary to the lady, who in turn responded her refined appreciation also in verse, sometimes merely witty or comical rhymes were used. The music is very pleasing and lively. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: Official title of the Kings of Spain.] [Footnote 2: Blue and white are the symbolical colors of the Blessed Virgin Mary.] [Footnote 3: The Very Reverend Angelo Casanova selected the writer of this sketch and her brother, then little children to unveil this monument.] [Footnote 4: Alberto de Cordoba, an excellent engineer, surveyed the Harbor of San Francisco in 1813, at the request of Governor Borica.] [Footnote 5: A Catholic devotion in honor of Our Saviour's Passion.] [Footnote 6: This beautiful hymn is found in many ancient Spanish books of devotion.] [Footnote 7: This letter was written by Junipero Serra soon after his arrival at the College of San Fernando, Mexico, on a business trip he made there four years after his coming to California. The letter was written to his nephew, also a priest, in Petra, Spain.] End of Project Gutenberg's Chimes of Mission Bells, by Maria Antonia Field