. To California and back;. a city, ris-ing gently from the sea-rim by way of shaded avenueand plaza to the foot of the gray Santa Ynez Mount-ains, above whose peaks the condor loves to soar;where, when with us the winter winds are most bitterand ice and snow work a wicked will, every year theyhold a riotous carnival of flowers, a unique Arcadianholiday of triumph. And behind all that lies an end-less variety of winsomeness. Not idly does the brightstingless air lure one to seek a new pleasure for eachsucceeding day. The flat beach is broken by rockypoints where the surf spouts in white columns
. To California and back;. a city, ris-ing gently from the sea-rim by way of shaded avenueand plaza to the foot of the gray Santa Ynez Mount-ains, above whose peaks the condor loves to soar;where, when with us the winter winds are most bitterand ice and snow work a wicked will, every year theyhold a riotous carnival of flowers, a unique Arcadianholiday of triumph. And behind all that lies an end-less variety of winsomeness. Not idly does the brightstingless air lure one to seek a new pleasure for eachsucceeding day. The flat beach is broken by rockypoints where the surf spouts in white columns withdeafening roar, and above it lies a long mesa dottedwith live-oaks that looks down upon the little dream-ing mission city and far oceanward; and on the otherhand the mountain-slopes beckon to innumerableglens, and, when the rains have come, to broad hill-sides of green and banks of blossom. There arelong level drives by the shore, and up the prolific ^, om k 30 i f -n m (/) 1 ^ ^ 1 f ) > 00 > 33 % DO () > 1 ;. V ./ 89 valley to famous orchard-ranches; and Montccito, afairyland of homes, is close at hand. Four of the Channel Islands lie opposite SantaBarbara: Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa andSan Miguel. The last three are only less attractiveby nature than Santa Catalina, of which mentionwas made in its place, and although equal facilities donot exist for the tourist, many persons find their waythere by means of a fishing-boat which, or threetimes a week, leaves Santa Barbara for the islandfishing-grounds. These islands, now permanentlyinhabited only by sheep-herders who tend flocks ofmany thousands, were once populated by a primitivepeople whose burial-mounds, as yet only partly ex-humed by casual visitors, are rich in archoeologicaltreasures. Santa Barbara lies northwest from Los Angeles,on a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad. It isthe only one of the great resorts of Southern Califor-nia that is not located upon a proprietary line ofthe Santa Fv Rot
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