whales amounts to scores each year, often witnessed by spectators on 

 the elevated beach. In numbers and sporting value, salmon lead the 

 list, and are followed by barracuda, bonito, cod, mackerel, pampino, rock 

 fish, king-fish, tunney, smelt and sardines. Most of these, except the tun- 

 ney, which sometimes reach a weight of more than 300 pounds, are taken 

 by pole and line ; but some of them are by market fishers entrapped in 

 nets. The best approved method is by trolling, and the richest waters 

 are from one to three miles from shore. The character of the bay is 

 notably pacific, and is nearly always smooth as the proverbial mill- 



BASS. 



Labrax linneatys. 



pond. The usual catch to a three-hour troll for salmon would be 

 from five to ten, aggregating from 75 to 150 pounds in weight, with 

 proportionate fortune when other gamy fish are sought. Experienced 

 boatmen with craft suitable for the service and all necessary appliances 

 can be engaged on reasonable terms. With the gun, satisfactory sport 

 can be had on the marshes for water fowl, plover, snipe and rail, and 

 elsewhere for quail, pigeons, doves and larks. 



In the background rise the noble Santa Lucia mountains, celebrated 

 for wild sublimity, game and abundant trout water, including the rivers 

 Carmel and Big and Little Sur. Deer are to be had and in unfre- 

 quented places bear are not only common, but very plentiful. The 

 arboreal flora of Monterey is specially attractive. Notably so the Mon- 

 terey pine and the famous cypress, of which a most remarkable growth 



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