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DAWN AND THE DONS 194 cupation, and still retained much of the flavor of the pastoral days of Spanish California.” ‘Then remembering the girlhood days spent there in the time of Stevenson and Stoddard, she adds, “Those were dolce far niente days at Monterey, dreamy romantic days, spent beneath the bluest sky, beside the bluest sea, and in the

best company on earth, and all glorified by the rainbow hues of youth.”

And the spell that caught and held Vizcaino three hundred years ago, and which is so feelingly expressed by Mrs. Sanchez, still lives at Monterey. The Monterey peninsula has ever been, and probably will ever be a playground. Stock raising has been driven into the near-by mountains, whence radiates something of the old pastoral charm of equestrian days. The numerous fishing fleet of small boats that daily rides at anchor in the Monterey harbor adds a peculiar and pleasing picturesqueness to the town. There is no other industry on the peninsula of sufficient importance to merit special attention.