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all go, excepting a few stragglers, showing a con- 

 certed action. It is interesting to note that in the 

 bay of San Francisco a large number of grilse are 

 found, which remain the larger part of the year, 

 and are freely caught in particular localities with 

 shrimp bait, and no other locality is known where 

 grilse can be caught in a similar way. 



The distance from the landing at Carmelo Bay to 

 the pier at Monterey is twenty-five miles. I con- 

 cluded, after completing my fishing at Carmelo, that 

 I would take the passage in my boat from there on 

 its return, that I might try the salmon fishing on 

 the way in deep water upon the exposed ocean coast. 

 I had a rather exciting adventure. 



I drove down in the early morning from the Del 

 Monte, and the day was very promising for a fair 

 breeze to sail up with, from the west. We started 

 along favorably and I found the salmon, as I ex- 

 pected, in the outside waters, taking in several at 

 the commencement. The breeze freshened up a good 

 deal, giving us all our sail and boat could carry, 

 with the sea continually rising; and we, sailing along 

 in its trough, had to turn west repeatedly from 

 our northerly course to avoid the combing waves 

 which threatened to swamp us. We, however, kept 

 on, though it would have been better to have returned 

 to Carmelo, for the tide was setting in toward the 

 rocky shore, where no harbor of refuge existed. 



The breeze continually freshened, most unusual 

 for the season, and finally increased beyond the 

 capacity of our sail, reefed as we had it, to with- 

 stand, and we had to take it in, and depend upon our 

 oars for getting on. So we pulled on for hours in 



