A modern Monte Cristo and his island; a romantic glimpse into goatology . rnoon and shouldarrive at Guadalupe Island tomorrow eve-ning. We now get our first glimpse of Guada-lupe late in the afternoon. It glistens inthe suns rays like an opal and such an irri-descent play of pearly colors are seldomseen. CHAPTER IIDescription of Island Guadalupe Island is situated about twohundred and forty miles out in the PacificOcean southwest of San Diego in latitude29 degrees 10 minutes North, longitude 118degrees 17 minutes West, and is twentymiles long and from three to seven mileswide. It is traversed
A modern Monte Cristo and his island; a romantic glimpse into goatology . rnoon and shouldarrive at Guadalupe Island tomorrow eve-ning. We now get our first glimpse of Guada-lupe late in the afternoon. It glistens inthe suns rays like an opal and such an irri-descent play of pearly colors are seldomseen. CHAPTER IIDescription of Island Guadalupe Island is situated about twohundred and forty miles out in the PacificOcean southwest of San Diego in latitude29 degrees 10 minutes North, longitude 118degrees 17 minutes West, and is twentymiles long and from three to seven mileswide. It is traversed north and souththroughout its length by a chain of moun-tains, the most elevated of which near thenorthern end is 4500 feet high. The shoresare in general, bold, rocky bluffs with de-tached rocks close to, but outside of one-quarter mile. There are no known dang-ers to navigation except a sunken rock onthe west side about four miles north of thesouth point and three-quarters of a mileoff shore. Very deep water surrounds theisland, there being 1420 fathoms at 4 miles lo. Ten Thousand Goats Headed for a Drinkat the Sprinff A MODERN MONTE CRISTO 13 from its northern end 1121 fathoms at SjE^miles from its southern end; between theisland and the main land are depths of over2000 fathoms. One fathom equals six feet. The island is of volcanic origin and canbe seen in clear weather at a distance ofabout sixty miles. The southern part ofthe island is very barren, but the northernpart has some vegetation on the mountainsand several fertile valleys. Wood andwater are obtained from a small cove nearthe northeastern end of the island. Offthe south end are two rocky inlets, innerinlet, 744 feet high, is separated from theisland by a passage about a quarter of amile wide, in which are depths of elevenfathoms, with rocks under water, and sev-eral rocks out of the water; two detachedrocks lie a quarter of a mile from its south-eastern side. Outer inlet 677 feet high, isseparated from inner inlet
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