178 RESOURCES OP CALIFORNIA. 



Tomales Bay is fourteen miles long and two miles wide, 

 separated from the ocean by a strip of land a mile and a half 

 wide. Its mouth is in 38 15'. Its Course is southeastward, 

 and it is open to the northwest winds. The water is about 

 twelve feet deep. Tomales Bay is surrounded by hills, and is 

 of little value for commerce. 



The Bay of Sir Francis Drake, in latitude 38, is small, 

 open to the south, and of no value to commerce. 



Half-Moon Bay is a small roadstead, eighteen miles south of 

 the Golden Gate. 



Santa Cruz Harbor, on the northern side of Monterey Bay, 

 in 36 57', is small, has four fathoms of water, a sandy bottom, 

 and is open to the south. 



Twelve miles farther south is the mouth of the Salinas River, 

 which is about two hundred yards wide, and has seven feet of 

 water. It is entered by small schooners, with the help of a 

 steam -tug. 



Eight miles farther to the southward is the harbor of Mon- 

 terey, which is large and deep, and has good holding ground. 

 It is open to the north. 



San Simeon Harbor, in 35 38', has a good anchorage, and 

 is safe while the wind blows from the north ; but it offers no 

 protection against storms from the southward. The bottom 

 is sandy. 



San Luis Obispo Harbor, in 35 10', has a good anchorage, 

 safe at all times, except during storms from the southward. 



Santa Barbara, in 34 24', has an open harbor, exposed to 

 the south winds. The water is deep, and the bottom hard. 



San Pedro, in 33 43', is open to the south, but probably 

 might be made secure by a breakwater, to cost one million of 

 dollars. The bottom is hard. 



At Wilmington, about five miles east of San Pedro, the con- 

 struction of a breakwater to provide an artificial harbor has 

 been commenced. 



Humboldt Bay is twelve miles long, from two to five miles 

 wide, and is separated from the Pacific by two tongues of 



