expanse was the coast of California plainly in sight, bathed 
in the light of the evening sun. As I observed these effects 
I discovered away off across the California coast a cluster 
of white spots which reminded me of sheep. These soon 
developed in size and began to move across the surface of 
the ocean and I soon discovered that it was a fog bank 
forming, spreading over the surface of the water. Rapidly 
it spread and advanced and struck the pinnacles of the 
island and rose in great volume enveloping the pinnacles, 
and finally the entire surface of the island. It is this 
effect that I have, in a number of cases, tried to paint. 
Descending the steep ridges night came on and although 
we were on a well made road which descended to the village 
of Avalon, my guide said that we should have to return by 
the narrow and somev/hat dangerous pathway by which we had 
