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olive is of the same soft gray as the breast 

 of the dove. As if the dove and the olive 

 branch had in some sort kept companion- 

 ship ever since the days of the deluge. 



San Diego is nearly ten miles broad, with 

 its base resting against the warm, still wa- 

 ters of the Pacific Ocean. The most popu- 

 lous part of the city is to the south, toward 

 Mexico. Then comes the middle part of 

 San Diego City. This is called "the old 

 town," and here it was that Father Juni- 

 pero planted some palm trees that stand to 

 this day so tall that they almost seem 

 to be dusting the stars with their splendid 

 plumes. 



Here also you see a great many old adobe 

 houses in ruins, old forts, churches, fort- 

 resses, barracks, built by the Mexicans 

 nearly a century ago, when Spain pos- 

 sessed California, and her gaudy banner 

 floated from Oregon to the Isthmus of 

 Darien. 



The first old mission is a little farther 

 on up the coast, and the new college, 



