MONTEREY. 



This is the fashionable resort of the Pacific Coast, of which expe- 

 rienced travelers write, * < If you can visit but one place in California, let 

 that one be Hotel del Monte at Monterey." It is no part of the purpose 

 of this paper to speak in detail of caravansaries, except in so far as they 

 may be tributary to the better enjoyment of sports by field, flood, and 

 stream. It is, however, simply impossible to say anything of 

 Monterey and its attractions without some mention of the central feature 

 that gilds all the rest. Monterey is 126 miles from San Francisco by 



SALMON. 



Salmo quinnat. 



rail of Southern Pacific Company, and the distance covered in less than 

 four hours. This historic town, around which circles most of the early 

 ecclesiastical and political movements of California, rests on elevated 

 ground at the southern shoulder of the bay of Monterey, whose noble 

 waters extend northwesterly a distance of fifty miles to the city 

 of Santa Cruz, and from earliest recorded time have been noted for 

 the abundance, variety and excellence of their fish. They teem 

 with salmon that have followed the coast line southward from British 

 Columbia and Oregon. Here they stop ; none are taken by anglers at 

 any point south of Monterey. This bay has piscine attractions that 

 seem irresistible. The most important of these, no doubt, is the 

 abundant fish food, drawing to it all varieties of coast-line and 

 deep-sea fish, and to these, cetacea may be added. The catch of 



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