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and lifts him in, a mere nothing for Pelican 

 Bay, but an eight-pounder, no more, no less; an 

 eight-pounder as beautiful as a dream. There 

 is a wonderful blend of wine in Southern Cali- 

 fornia called " tourmaline," and this trout has 

 a vestment of tourmaline; and of the four or 

 five you take on this wonderful afternoon, none 

 less than five pounds, all range from old port 

 and Burgundy tints down to the most delicate 

 shades of the tourmaline in color. 



The angling here ten years ago is said to have 

 been beyond the wildest dreams of the angler. 

 The trout were seemingly all large, and literal 

 droves of big ones can be seen to-day. At the 

 entrance of the bay I took a nine and three 

 quarter pounder, which hangs to-day in the Tuna 

 Club at Avalon, to tell the story amid tunas 

 and yellowtails; and Mr. Lippincott, the city 

 engineer of Los Angeles, took a twenty-pounder, 

 tell it not in Gath! as no one will believe it, 

 though Tahoe records show a thirty-three 

 pounder. 



This for remembrance, and Pelican Bay is 

 left behind as the wagon bowls along the lake 

 side and through the trees turning to the east 

 to the Williamson River, said by some anglers 

 to be the most beautiful trout stream in the 

 world, and certainly no sane angler will dis- 

 pute it, as it runs down parallel to Anna Creek 

 into the big lake. Its fount near Gamsai Moun- 



