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 100 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA Phoenix these are the emblems of San Francisco sempervirens. The City of St. Francis spreads across the tip of the elongated promontory which sweeps upward from Santa Cruz. Along the outer line beats the Pacific ; Point Lobos is at the turn ; half way across the upper edge extends the presidio, whose further- most reach, Fort Point, defines the southern wall of the Golden Gate. The north side of the chan- nel is formed by the coast of Marin County. Be- hind stand Tamalpais and less prominent hills of the Coast Range whose rending is believed to have created this outlet to the ocean. The grounds of the Panama-Pacific Exposition stretch along the water between the presidio, or military reservation, and San Francisco's North Beach. Telegraph Hill towers on the inner curve of the rounded projection. The ferry depot is below it on the water-front, facing east. The body of water between the promontory and the mainland is San Francisco Bay. Oakland fronts the Giraldesque tower of the ferry-house. Goat Island lies midway between the two cities. Alcatraz Island, the Castle William of these waters, is west of it, and Angel Island, further north, is close to Tiburon. The latter is a ferry terminal on the Marin shore. Ferries from all points on the bay lead to the embarcadero at the foot of Market Street. On