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 144 THE TOURIST'S CALIFORNIA sition grounds at Harbour View, the batteries on both sides of the harbour narrows, and the residen- tial and industrial settlements on the broken northern coast. Sausalito of the euphonious name is one of the prettiest of these sunny shore towns. Its slop- ing gardens let down ladders wreathed with roses for those to climb who dwell in the trim houses above. In summer-time, bevies of yachts, launches and house-boats foregather in the coves between Sausalito and Belvedere. But Sausalito is chiefly significant to the tourist as the starting-point for the railways which give access to Mt. Tamalpais, " the blue," " the tri- peaked," the hill of Tamal-land. 2 The half-hour trip from San Francisco having been accomplished by a direct route across the straits, the journey proceeds by electric train to Mill Valley, another enchanted nook of the Marin Hills, and from thence by a broad-gauge railroad to the su*nmit of the volcanic cone, which, rising 2600 feet above the water, surveys half the State. The hair-pin railroad, which has more curves in proportion to its length than any ever 2 Connecting ferry-boats leave San Francisco 9 :45 A. M. and 1:45 P.M. Trains arrive Tamalpais 11:40 A.M. and 3:45 P.M. Leave Tamalpais 7:20 A.M., 1:40 and 4:45 P.M. Special schedules Saturday and Sunday. Return fare, $1.90, including Muir Woods, $2.90. Tavern rooms, $1.00 a day.