THE MUSEUM. 



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THE MUSEUM. 



A Monthly Magazine devoted to Ornithology, 



Oology, Mollusca, Echinodermata, 



Mineralogy and Allied 



Sciences. 



Walter F. Webb, Editor and Manager 

 Albion. N. Y. 



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The California Geysers. 



The remarkable hot springs, which 

 are commonly called by the above 

 name, are situated in the north-easter- 

 ly part of Sonoma County, Calif., 

 some twenty miles from the southern 

 extremity of Clear Lake. The writer 

 recently visited this spot, and so great- 

 ly enjoyed both the journey and scen- 

 ery that he would fain induce hun- 

 dreds of others to go and do likewise. 



To reach the Geysers is" not a diffi- 



cult undertaking. We will suppose 

 that you are in San Francisco and 

 that you come to the ferry at half 

 past seven in the morning. Step on 

 board the large ferry-boat, take a com- 

 fortable seat on the upper deck and 

 in a few moments the journey will be- 

 gin. The whistle blows, the wheels 

 revolve, the rudder directs the course 

 of the boat to the north, and you are 

 swiftly speeding past the city front 

 with its crowded wharves and ware- 

 houses, and in a little time you are 

 feeling the gentle swell which comes 

 in through the golden gate. On past 

 Alcatraz, with its ramparts and its 

 guns, and you are soon skirting along 

 the western side of Angel island. In 

 a hollow which comes down to the 

 water's edge is the military settlement 

 and there may be seen barracks, offi- 

 cers' houses, and store buildings pret- 

 tily grouped around a central park, 

 while on the side of the hill stands a 

 little church, nestling among the oaks, 

 and above this may be seen the white 

 stones and crosses which mark the last 

 resting places of soldiers who have 

 died in the service. The whole forms 

 a very peaceful picture, though the 

 subject is grim and warlike. A few 

 minutes more brings you to Point Ti- 

 buron, where you leave the boat and 

 take the train, and presently you are 

 speeding along the San Francisco and 

 North Pacific Railway. The road 

 winds among the oak-dotted knolls 

 where it can, and plunges through the 

 \ ery heart of the hills where it must, 

 until it reaches the pretty town of San 

 Rafael. Uuite a long tunnel is neces- 

 sary to let you out on the northern 

 side, and then you glide along the 

 edge of salt marshes, with here and 

 there's turn behind low hills, till you 

 reach Petaluma. Some of the land 

 which you have just passed is as rich 

 as any in the state, as the sleek herds 

 of cattle and heavily laden orchards 

 plainly testify. 



And now you enter the broad So- 

 noma \'allcy, where level and pro- 

 ductive fields spread out for miles dn 



