. To California and back;. of the more extensively developedlocalities, but still abundant, and inferior to none infruitage. Paradise Valley, the Valley of the Sweet-water, where may be seen the great irrigaling-fountof so many farms, and Mission Valley, where the SanDiego River flows and the dismantled ruin of theoldest California mission, elbowed by a modern In-dian school, watches over its ancient but still vigoroustrees, afford the most impressive examples of thesegrowing fruits in the immediate neighborhood. ElCajon Valley is celebrated for its vineyards. At Na-tional City, four miles awa
. To California and back;. of the more extensively developedlocalities, but still abundant, and inferior to none infruitage. Paradise Valley, the Valley of the Sweet-water, where may be seen the great irrigaling-fountof so many farms, and Mission Valley, where the SanDiego River flows and the dismantled ruin of theoldest California mission, elbowed by a modern In-dian school, watches over its ancient but still vigoroustrees, afford the most impressive examples of thesegrowing fruits in the immediate neighborhood. ElCajon Valley is celebrated for its vineyards. At Na-tional City, four miles away, are extensive olive-orchards. Fifteen miles to the south the Mexicanvillage of Tia Juana attracts many visitors, whoseaverage experience consists of a pleasant railroad-rideto the border and a half-hours residence in a foreigncountry; but the noble coast scenery of Point ofRocks, the boundary monument, and remarkable hotsulphur springs are reached by a short and attractivedrive from that little Lower California The diverse allurements of mountain and valley,and northward-stretching shore of alternating- beachand high commanding bluff, are innumerable, butthe catalogue of their names does not fall within theprovince of these pages. One marvelous bit of coast,thirteen miles away and easily reached by railway orcarriage-drive, must however have specific is La Jolla Park. Here a plateau overlooks the opensea from a bluff that tumbles precipitously to a nar-row strip of sand. The face of the cliff for a dis-tance of several miles has been sculptured by thewaves into most curious forms. It projects in rect-angular blocks, in stumps, stools, benches, and bas-reliefs that strikingly resemble natural objects, theirsurfaces chiseled intaglio with almost intelligible de-vices. Loosened fragments have worn deep sym-metrical wells, or pot-holes, to which the somewhatinadequate Spanish-Indian name of the place is due;and what seem at first glance to be enormous bowlder
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