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 
