. To California and back;. of the air beneath itsoutstretched fins, it again touches the water, eitherto abruptly disappear or by renewed sculling to pro-long its flight. Often it remains above the wavesuntil the eye can no longer distinguish its course inthe distance. In the less-frequented portions of the island thewild goat is still common. But not long ago a partyof hunters, better armed than educated, wroughthavoc with the domestic sheep that are pastured there;and now if you wish to hunt the goat you must firstprocure a permit, and to obtain that you must adduceevidence of your ability t
. To California and back;. of the air beneath itsoutstretched fins, it again touches the water, eitherto abruptly disappear or by renewed sculling to pro-long its flight. Often it remains above the wavesuntil the eye can no longer distinguish its course inthe distance. In the less-frequented portions of the island thewild goat is still common. But not long ago a partyof hunters, better armed than educated, wroughthavoc with the domestic sheep that are pastured there;and now if you wish to hunt the goat you must firstprocure a permit, and to obtain that you must adduceevidence of your ability to tell the one from the otherupon sight. This precautionary measure tends to thepreservation of both sheep and goat, and the realsportsman as well as the herdsman is benefitedthereby. Three times a week steamers for Santa Catalinaleave the pier at Redondo Beach, connecting withtrains that are run from I>os Angeles. The exhila-rating ocean-ride and the unique pleasures of the isl-and can not be loo strongly SANTA BARBARA. Saint Barbara is, in Spain, venerated as the patron-ess of gunpowder and coast-defenses, and the invo-cation of her name seems to have occurred in thelight of a desirable precaution to its founder, whowas so fond of building missions by the sea; although,like one of our own heroes, who supplemented histrust in Providence by protecting his ammunitionfrom the rain, he kept here, as at a number of otherpoints, a garrison of soldiers and a few small cannon. It was long known the world over as The Amer-ican Mentone, because in seeking a term to con-vey its characteristics some comparison with cele-brated resorts of Europe was thought necessary, andthis particular comparison most fitting. Such defi-nition is no longer required. Santa Barbara is a namethat everywhere evokes the soft picture of a rose-buried spot, more than a village, less than a city, ris-ing gently from the sea-rim by way of shaded avenueand plaza to the foot of the gray Santa Ynez M
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