Larkin

The rancho which has been surveyed was originally granted to one William Flugge, on the 21st of February, 1844. The tract solicited is described in the petition as situated “on the west side of Feather river, and extending along the said river from north latitude 39° 33' 45" to the parallel 39° 46' 45",” forming, on this line, a square one league in breadth, and called “Boga,” as appears by the accompanying diseño: On the 21st of February, 1844, the governor, by his decree of concession, declared Flugge the owner of five square leagues on the western side of the Feather river, and in the center of a tract called “Boga.” Its first boundary to be from the parallel of latitude 39° 33' 45" N. The formal title issued on the same day, describes the land in a similar manner, and the fourth condition states it to be “of the extent of five square leagues, as the respec- *868 tire diseño explains.” On the 13th of June, 1845, the grant was approved by the departmental assembly; and on the 26th of June of the same year a certificate of the approval was given to the grantee. The diseño which accompanies the petition was drawn by John Bidwell, and it represents the land solicited with unusual…