What to see in America . ed States. Fouryoung seedless treesthat had been broughtfrom Brazil were setout here in 1873, andsix years later the twotrees that survived be-gan to bear. Thesetwo ancestral trees,whose progeny produceby far the larger partof the states orangecrop, are the most ven-erated monuments ofthe region. Riversidehas a park which contains three hundred varieties of Avenue, one hundred and fifty feet wide, andmany miles long, is bordered by magnolias, eucalypti, andvery tall fan palms with hairy trunks. Before sunrise onEaster morning a procession leaves the town
What to see in America . ed States. Fouryoung seedless treesthat had been broughtfrom Brazil were setout here in 1873, andsix years later the twotrees that survived be-gan to bear. Thesetwo ancestral trees,whose progeny produceby far the larger partof the states orangecrop, are the most ven-erated monuments ofthe region. Riversidehas a park which contains three hundred varieties of Avenue, one hundred and fifty feet wide, andmany miles long, is bordered by magnolias, eucalypti, andvery tall fan palms with hairy trunks. Before sunrise onEaster morning a procession leaves the town to ascend thenear-by brusque pyramidal Mt. Rubidoux, on the summitof which is a cross consecrated in 1907. Since then clergyof varying creeds have addressed the early morning multi-tude which is attracted thither each Easter. The listenersgather among the bowlders, and there, on the isolatedheight, the preachers voice is lifted in the stillness of ap-proaching day, as distant snowy crests take on the firstglow of Arches of the Old Capistrano Mission California 491 Fifteen miles west of Los Angeles is the ocean, whosecoast is lined with shore resorts for a long distance, andtwenty-five miles out in the sea is Catalina, the Isle ofSummer. In the middle of the island tower the peaks ofBlack Jack and Orizaba, and their canyons and ridges slopedown into the sea. Avalon, nestling in the crescent of thewidest canyons mouth, is a pleasure resort of wooden houses,shops, and hotels. Visitors find enjoyment in the splendidfishing, in observing the mysteries of the sea from the famousglass-bottom boats, in walking and driving among themountains, in hunting the wild goats on the cliffs, and inmaking excursions by launch to Banning Beach, where sealions sport among the rocks. A tuna taken oft Avalonweighed two hundred and fifty-one pounds, the record for aswordfish is three hundred and thirty-nine pounds and fora black sea bass four hundred and thirty pounds. Eagerboys paddle about
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