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THE ROMANCE

OF MONTEREY 231 prompted the pleasure loving Spaniard to establish here the capital of his new found empire and to make it a social and a ceremonial center; that marked the halcyon days of dolce far niente and sped the ardent wooing of

the cavalier; and that weaves today its magic spell about the happy dwellers in this enchanted playground.