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be in full bearing—for about half of its million vines are still 
less than four years of age. Anaheim has some advantages 
over Los Angeles, in the regularity of its plan, and perhaps, 
also, in location (for it is nearer the ocean, and farther from 
the snowy mountains) and in the extent of rich land in its 
neighborhood, and in its location near the direct line of travel 
between San Pedro and San Bernardino, the latter being not 
only an important place for its own trade, but still more for 
its trade with Salt Lake. On the other hand, Los Angeles 
has the start, the capital, the houses, the merchants, and all 
those advantages which an old and prosperous town has over 
a little upstart of a village, and Anaheim must long, if not 
always, be a place of inferior importance, as compared with it. 
§ 296. Monterey, etc.—Monterey, which previous to 1849, 
was the political capital and commercial centre of the terri- 
tory, is now one of the least important towns of the state. 
Most of the houses are of adobes. The population is about 
one thousand. 
Sonoma, which was founded in 1823, and was, up to 1850, 
the most important town north of the bay of San Pablo, 
has been gradually losing its trade and population; but the 
extensive production of wine in which its citizens are now 
engaged, may bring it up again. The houses are mostly of 
adobes. The tallest adobe house in the state, containing three 
high stories, is in Sonoma. It was commenced in 1835, and 
was never finished. After the walls had been erected, they 
were covered by a roof which projected three feet on all sides, 
and thus the building has remained. The walls are about 
three feet thick. The old buildings of the Mission of San 
Francisco Solano are in avery dilapidated condition. Sonoma 
is ten miles distant from San Pablo Bay, but the Sonoma 
Slough-is navigable to the Embarcadero, which is only three 
miles from the town. 
San Diego has a population of about eight hundred. The 
town once aspired to be the terminus of a railroad, which was 
to cross the continent about latitude 32°, but such aspirations 
