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seen and observed them, and picture them as best I can for the 

 readers of the NAUTILUS. A bit of history in this connection may 

 be of interest. 



Historians and others tell us that these islands after several un- 

 successful expeditions were discovered in the year 1852, by Juan 

 Rodrigues Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. 



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COAST LINE AND ISLANDS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



" Cabrillo," Prof. Holder tells us in his very interesting little book- 

 let on Santa Catalina Island, " named the islands we call to-day San 

 Clemente and Santa Catalina after his ships, the former ' La Vittoria ' 

 and the latter ' San Salvador.' " 



In May, 1602, sixty years later, another expedition under Sebas- 

 tain Vizcaino visited these islands in the following month of De- 

 cember. Vizcaino ignored Cabrillo's names and renamed them San 

 Clemente and Santa Catalina, under which false names they have 

 been called ever since. According to modern conchological rules, 

 these later names fall into the synonomy of Cabrillo's earlier ones, 

 but it seems a shame to " knock out " one saint's name with another, 



