. To California and back; . verydescription, from rowboats to commodiousyachts, and hundreds of bathers disport inthe placid element. Wonderful are the watersof Avalon, blue as a Mediterranean sky andastonishingly clear. Over the side of yourskiff you may gaze down through a hundredfeet of transparency to where emerald weedswave and myriad fishes, blue and brown andflaming red, swim over pebble and shell. Or,climbing the overhanging cliffs, you gain thefish-eagles view of the life that teems in water-depths, and looking down half a thousand feetupon the fisherman in his boat see the bright-hue
. To California and back; . verydescription, from rowboats to commodiousyachts, and hundreds of bathers disport inthe placid element. Wonderful are the watersof Avalon, blue as a Mediterranean sky andastonishingly clear. Over the side of yourskiff you may gaze down through a hundredfeet of transparency to where emerald weedswave and myriad fishes, blue and brown andflaming red, swim over pebble and shell. Or,climbing the overhanging cliffs, you gain thefish-eagles view of the life that teems in water-depths, and looking down half a thousand feetupon the fisherman in his boat see the bright-hued fishes flashing far beneath him. He seemsto hang suspended in the sky. Notable fishing is to be had. The barracudais plentiful; likewise the yellow-tail, or sea-salmon, also generally taken by trolling, andfrequently tipping a truthful scale at fiftypounds. Sea-bass fishing is the most famoussport here, and probably the most excitingknown anywhere to the hand-fisherman. Thisfish is commonly taken, and in weight ranges I02. I03 from 200 to 400 pounds. The fislierman whohooks one is frequently dragged in his skiff forseveral miles, and finds himself nearly as muchexhausted as the fish when it finally comes to Perhaps the greatest novelty of a trip toSanta Catalina, for most travelers, is the greatnumber of flying fish that inhabit its only a few miles distance from the main-land they begin to leap from beneath the bowsof the steamer, singly, by twos and by half-dozens, until one wearies of counting, and skimover the waves like so many swallows. Thelength of flight of which this poetical fish iscapable proves usually a surprise, for in spiteof its abundance off the Southern Californiacoast its precise character is none too gener-ally known. In size, form and color it maybe roughly compared to the mackerel. Itswings are muscular fins whose spines areconnected by a light but strong membrane,and are four in number. The hindermost pairare quite small, mere butterfly-wings
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