. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . * §3 DCS £ < Q. it3 a; a Z ^-oLU w g jt (3 ° cE w Pi THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 285 and as such is destined to be one of the great worldharbors of the years to come. What wonder that many explorers sailed along theCalifornia coast and failed to perceive the narrow breakin the rocks through which the Sacramento River rollsto the sea? Fifteen miles away, more or less, theBerkeley Hills rise from the farther shore of the bay,forming a background, which, viewed from the oceanon a misty day, appears to effectually close up t
. The history of the San Francisco disaster and Mount Vesuvius horror . * §3 DCS £ < Q. it3 a; a Z ^-oLU w g jt (3 ° cE w Pi THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER 285 and as such is destined to be one of the great worldharbors of the years to come. What wonder that many explorers sailed along theCalifornia coast and failed to perceive the narrow breakin the rocks through which the Sacramento River rollsto the sea? Fifteen miles away, more or less, theBerkeley Hills rise from the farther shore of the bay,forming a background, which, viewed from the oceanon a misty day, appears to effectually close up themile-wide gap which alone affords an entrance to thebroad expanse of secluded water. Barren dreary rocksflank the shores, fog-hung and storm-worn, inhabitedby cormorants and murres. To the south, guardingthe entrance, is Point Lobos, with the Seal Rocks offshore where herds of sea lions bask in the sun or fishin the adjacent water. To the north is Point Bonita,where a lighthouse and fog horn warn mariners toavoid the rocks. Through the narrows the tide
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