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boat. It is government property and rented to 

 sheep herders, and permission must be obtained 

 to camp. The fishing is identical with all the 

 island resorts, only better, if we except the tuna. 

 Yachts can be chartered at Santa Catalina or 

 San Pedro for the trip to the islands of Ana- 

 capa, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, San Miguel, and 

 San Nicolas, or one can go from Santa Barbara. 

 All are private property, and there are no towns 

 and no regular connecting boats. Larco, a Santa 

 Barbara professional fisherman, takes parties to 

 the islands, which are large, picturesque, and 

 beautiful. The only comfortable way to make this 

 trip is to charter a commodious vessel, using her 

 as a base of supplies, and cruise about the islands. 

 Permission must be obtained to go ashore. Pro- 

 fessional fishermen will be found at San Pedro, 

 Long Beach, Redondo, Santa Monica, Newport, 

 Laguna, Coronado, and San Diego, who take an- 

 glers out into the channel for large fish. San 

 Diego is reached from Los Angeles by the 

 Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad, and 

 by a line of steamers from San Francisco, stop- 

 ping at Santa Barbara, San Pedro, and Re- 

 dondo. The coast line of the Southern Pacific 

 will take the angler to San Luis Obispo, where, 



