What to see in America . ocal Spaniards gauge of bliss. Whole days were spent onhorseback, visiting taverns, and galloping from host to was an Indian village here when the Spaniards camein 1782 and established a garrison. Four years later theIndians were put to work as masons and carpenters to builda Mission. The present thick-walled, Moorish-toweredmonastery, which was erected not long afterward, still re-sounds with the intoningof the monks, and is thebest conserved and mostvisited of all the Missionedifices. Many are thedelectable rides, walks,and sails to be had aboutSanta Barba
What to see in America . ocal Spaniards gauge of bliss. Whole days were spent onhorseback, visiting taverns, and galloping from host to was an Indian village here when the Spaniards camein 1782 and established a garrison. Four years later theIndians were put to work as masons and carpenters to builda Mission. The present thick-walled, Moorish-toweredmonastery, which was erected not long afterward, still re-sounds with the intoningof the monks, and is thebest conserved and mostvisited of all the Missionedifices. Many are thedelectable rides, walks,and sails to be had aboutSanta Barbara. Thetwelve-mile MountainDrive which circles thehills of Montecito is thetraditional Saturdayafternoon promenade ofall the town. Directlyoff the coast about a scoreof miles is a series ofislands. One of theseislands is Ahacapa, theattractions of whoserocky broken heap areits steep cliffs, and thewonderful weeds andmoonstone pebbles abouttheir base. The greatarched caves of the islandVernal Falls coast of Santa Cruz and. California 477 such indentations of itsshores as Potato Harbor,PeKcan Bay, and Smug-glers Cove are favoriteresorts for excursionistsand anglers. ]\Iost SantaBarbara visitors wouldbe interested to read theaccount of early daysthere in Danas TwoYears Before the book entertaininglydescribes the aspect andcustoms of every old seatown from San Franciscoto San Diego. The San Joaquin Val-ley is one of the greatagricultural basins of theworld. It is two hun-dred and fifty miles long by about fifty wide. In it grows half the wheat raised inCalifornia, and wheat farms of 10,000 to 50,000 acres are notuncommon. Here too you may see thousands of acres ofalfalfa, vast vineyards, and astonishingly large orchards ofprunes, peaches, apricots, figs, and other fruits. It producesfabulous crops of asparagus, potatoes, beans, and melons,and is famous for its cattle, sheep, and hogs. Nearly allthe raisins grown in the United States come from the end of August t
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