The Chinook of Monterey 395 



of no more attractive salmon fishing ground than 

 this or Monterey bay, and in the vicinity are some 

 of the finest trout streams in California, Carmel 

 River running up into the Coast Range with 

 sixty-five miles of fishing, and entering the bay 

 near the old mission. Not far away is the Del 

 Monte preserve of twelve thousand acres for 

 sportsmen, well stocked and well protected, and 

 along the upper banks of the Carmel one finds 

 the Potrero, Garcia Creek, the San Clemente, the 

 Dionicio, the Cachagua, the Chupines, all sug- 

 gestive that the salmon angler has but to row 

 ashore at the old Carmel mission, and in the 

 same day transfer his allegiance to the trout, the 

 gamy cousin of the salmon of the deep sea, and 

 wander through some of the most charming re- 

 gions of northern California, sylvan scenes so 

 opposite to those which form the background of 

 salmon-fishing that one may well doubt that the 

 limitless Pacific rolls and stretches away so near 

 that its voice blends with the song of birds and 

 the rustle of forest leaves. 



Santa Cruz, an attractive town several miles 

 north of Monterey, is equally famous for its salmon, 

 and near one of the noblest forests of the world, 

 while the bay of Monterey is an attractive and 



