April 18. 1889
seen spouting in this bay, and sometimes are caught,
though none had been caught recently. We saw a Chinese
[Junk], and there were a number of Italian fishermen
in their vessels, which carry lateen sails, such as are
used in the Mediterranian. These Italians do a great
deal of fishing here. The Chinese also gather abalone
shells. The meat of this shell fish they dry in large quan-
tities. It is said to be very palatable when dried. They
use large quantities of it in this country, and, we are
told, ship large quantities, as well as shrimps, to China.
The principal timbers of this valuable tract of land is of
a variety of pine and cypress and is very rare. In
fact botanists say that there is no cypress other
than this to be found on this continent, and to see this
variety one must visit the Holy Land. The pine,
also, is peculiar to this region. Botanists praise
the Judicious course taken by the Southern Pacific
company in purchasing this tract and preserving these
varieties of trees. of course, pains are now taken to pro-
pagate them extensively, and in many places along
the coast, and especially in San Francisco, they are
largely cultivated for ornament. We stopped at several
points on the sea-shore, some of the party gathering shells,
and at many places we saw large numbers of seals.
M^r Badlam had a camera with him, and took a
large number of instantaneous views of the scenery, of
some chinese characters that we met, and also of our own
party. This was a drive long to be remembered, and was

April 18. 1889 seen spouting in this bay, and sometimes are caught, though none had been caught recently. We saw a Chinese Junk, and there were a number of Italian fishermen in their vessels, which carry lateen sails, such as are used in the Mediterranian. These Italians do a great deal of fishing here. The Chinese also gather abalone shells. The meat of this shell fish they dry in large quantities. It is said to be very palatable when dried. They use large quantities of it in this country, and, we are told, ship large quantities, as well as shrimps, to China. The principal timbers of this valuable tract of land is of a variety of pine and cypress and is very rare. In fact botanists say that there is no cypress other than this to be found on this continent, and to see this variety one must visit the Holy Land. The pine, also, is peculiar to this region. Botanists praise the Judicious course taken by the Southern Pacific company in purchasing this tract and preserving these varieties of trees. of course, pains are now taken to propagate them extensively, and in many places along the coast, and especially in San Francisco, they are largely cultivated for ornament. We stopped at several points on the sea-shore, some of the party gathering shells, and at many places we saw large numbers of seals. Mr Badlam had a camera with him, and took a large number of instantaneous views of the scenery, of some chinese characters that we met, and also of our own party. This was a drive long to be remembered, and was