. To California and back; . er distinguishits course in the distance. In the less-frequented portions of the islandthe wild goat is still common. But some fewyears ago a party of hunters, better armed thaneducated, wrought havoc with the domesticsheep that are pastured there; and now if youwish to hunt the goat you must first procure apermit, and to obtain that you must adduceevidence of your ability to tell the one from theother upon sight. This precautionary measuretends to the preservation of both sheep andgoat, and the real sportsman as well as theherdsman is benefited thereby. Santa Catal
. To California and back; . er distinguishits course in the distance. In the less-frequented portions of the islandthe wild goat is still common. But some fewyears ago a party of hunters, better armed thaneducated, wrought havoc with the domesticsheep that are pastured there; and now if youwish to hunt the goat you must first procure apermit, and to obtain that you must adduceevidence of your ability to tell the one from theother upon sight. This precautionary measuretends to the preservation of both sheep andgoat, and the real sportsman as well as theherdsman is benefited thereby. Santa Catalina is reached by steamer fromSan Pedro, connecting with trains from LosAngeles. The exhilarating ocean-ride and theunique pleasures of the island can not be toostrongly commended. SANTA BARBARA. Saint Barbara is, in Spain, the patroness ofgunpowder and coast-defenses, and the invoca-tion of her name seems to have occurred in thelight of a desirable precaution to the founderof this mission, who was so fond of building by105. io6 the sea; although, hke one of our own heroes,who supplemented his trust in Providence byprotecting his ammunition from the rain, hekept here, as at a number of other points, agarrison of soldiers and a few small cannon. The place was long known the world over as The American Mentone, because in seekinga term to convey its characteristics some com-parison with celebrated resorts of Europe wasthought necessary and this particular com-parison most fitting. Such definition is nolonger required. Santa Barbara is a name thatnow everywhere evokes the soft picture of arose-buried spot, more than a village, less than acity, rising gently from the sea-rim by way ofshaded avenue and plaza to the foot of the graySanta Ynez Mountains, above whose peaks thecondor loves to soar; where, when with us thewinter winds are most bitter and ice and snowwork a wicked will, every year they hold a riotouscarnival of flowers, a unique Arcadian holidayof triumph. And behind all t
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