. To California and back;. hatinadequate Spanish-Indian name of the place is due;and what seem at first glance to be enormous bowldersloosely piled, with spacious interstices through whichthe foam spurts and crashes, are the selfsame solidcliff, carved and polished, but not wholly separatedby the sea. Some of the cavities are mere pocketslined with mussels and minute weeds with calcareousleaves. Others are commodious secluded apart-ments, quite commonly used as dressing-rooms bybathers. The real caverns can be entered dry-shodonly at lowest tide. The cliff where they lie isgnawed into columns,
. To California and back;. hatinadequate Spanish-Indian name of the place is due;and what seem at first glance to be enormous bowldersloosely piled, with spacious interstices through whichthe foam spurts and crashes, are the selfsame solidcliff, carved and polished, but not wholly separatedby the sea. Some of the cavities are mere pocketslined with mussels and minute weeds with calcareousleaves. Others are commodious secluded apart-ments, quite commonly used as dressing-rooms bybathers. The real caverns can be entered dry-shodonly at lowest tide. The cliff where they lie isgnawed into columns, arches and aisles, throughwhich one cave after another may be seen, dimlylighted, dry and practicable. Seventy-five feet isprobably their utmost depth. They are the culmi-nation of this extraordinary work of an insensatesculptor. There are alcove niches, friezes of smallgray and black mosaic, horizontal bands of red, andhigh-vaulted roofs. If the native California Indianshad possessed a poetic temperament they must cer-62.
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