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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 Fé 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 
