86 Life in the Open 



woodland aromas of bay and many more. The cafions 

 are found all along the range, and nearly all have a per- 

 petual stream like the Arroyo Seco, the San Gabriel, 

 Santa Ana, and Santa Ynez, the cafions and streams 

 in San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara, and they are 

 stocked and protected by game-laws of the State. 



In the vicinity of Los Angeles the San Gabriel 

 Carton affords the best fishing, being a large carton that 

 reaches far back into the range, to appreciate which one 

 must stand on Wilson's Peak, six thousand feet above 

 the sea, and look down into this great gorge worn out 

 by the water. This carton and its forks abound in trout 

 pools, in picturesque rocks, precipitous walls, and 

 splendid vistas of mountains rising one above the 

 other, peak above peak, range above range. Here the 

 Creel and Bait clubs make their headquarters ; and 

 there are several public camps which afford accommoda- 

 tions for the weary angler. 



The carton trail crosses and recrosses the stream of 

 clear water ; now plunging into mimic forests of oak ; 

 coming out into the open to enter little glades ; some- 

 times the carton opens out widely, again it narrows and 

 forms great rifts in the rock. In the open places there 

 are little mesas, often dotted with oak trees ideal 

 places for camps. 



A succession of these beautiful cartons is found 

 along the entire face of the Sierra Madre. On the first 

 of April every trout stream from Santa Barbara to San 

 Jacinto and beyond has its anglers. Some idea of the 



