Southern California; . are not at a dizzy height abovethe sea — only a few hundred feet — butso aloof from all the rest of theHr _ world that the outlook is mostiM^ striking and impressive. Away offalong the western side of the pointHoUI•dc^Coro>^Jo break the tireless waves of the ocean, and to the south and south-east the blue horizon line is obstructed only by thethree rocky points of land, the Coronado Islands. Thelong curiously shaped strip of sand, separating sea andbay, reaches up from the southeast with the great Hoteldel Coronado upon its shore. San Diego lies spread outupon its lin
Southern California; . are not at a dizzy height abovethe sea — only a few hundred feet — butso aloof from all the rest of theHr _ world that the outlook is mostiM^ striking and impressive. Away offalong the western side of the pointHoUI•dc^Coro>^Jo break the tireless waves of the ocean, and to the south and south-east the blue horizon line is obstructed only by thethree rocky points of land, the Coronado Islands. Thelong curiously shaped strip of sand, separating sea andbay, reaches up from the southeast with the great Hoteldel Coronado upon its shore. San Diego lies spread outupon its line of hills with a noble background of moun-tains— the flat-topped El Cajon and next it the sharppeak of Cuyamaca. San Miguel shows its graceful sil-houette against the sky — the peak so often comparedin shape and location to Vesuvius — while away off inMexico looms the great Table Mountain through themist. For those who are moved by the fascination of thesea coast there is no more serene and peaceful a spot. accessible than the little settlemeut of Lu Jolla situatedupon a bluff overlookiug the curving shore and broadexpanse of the ocean. The turmoil of cities and the stirof fiishiouable life seems very remote here where thewaves beat incessantly at the base of the cliffs, wearingaway the soft sandstone into fantastic forms, fashioningcolumns and arches and caves upon the verge of theincessantly laboring waters. Standing upon the rockswith the gull wheeling above and the pelican and cor-morant winging over the sea, with the fresh salt air tobreathe and the miisic of the breakers to hear, there is asense of solitude and rest mingled with the tonic stir ofthe elements which is at once bracing and soothing. In the crystal pools down at the base of the cliffs maybe seen the purple echinoderms amid the seaweed, andstarfishes sprawling upon the rocks. Here, amid thedark recesses below the tidethe sun streams in, disclos- —1, ing ril)bons and streamers ofseaweed, or perch
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