TO SAN DIEGO. 95 
main land, and for the greater portion of its length is 
little more than a natural breakwater. The northern 
part of this neck is more elevated and about a mile 
~~ 
= § 
San Diego, California. 
across, Point Loma and the northern shore of the 
bay, is a promontory about two hundred feet high, 
and nearly two miles wide, tapering off gradually with 
 ® succession of hills as it approaches the town. These 
hills Were covered with chapporal; their declivities, 
both on the side of the ocean and of the harbor, being 
cut into deep ravines. At the base on the inner side, 
1S good grazing. 7 
The entrance to this harbor is not more than three or 
four hundred yards wide. There is a deep channel lead- 
Mg into the inner harbor, which requires some skill in 
