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travel, and at the foot of the mountain, nestled
in a deep little cove, and overlooking the sheltered
waters near by, is San Rafael, the home of some
merchant princes of San Francisco, and the lesort
of many invalids, who are seeking a new lease of
life in its genial clime. On the point of land just
south of San Rafael, is San Quentin, where the
State has a large boarding-house and workshop
filled with unwilling inmates.
Farther south-east is Angel Island-separated
from the promontory of the coast main-land by
Raccoon Straits, through which one may look
into the Golden Gate.
The island is a military reservation, fortified
strongly on the south and south-west parts, with
a road running around the entire island.
Passing the island, the Golden Gate is directly
o n the right, and Alcatraz, a n aval station, mridway across it aand directly in fron t, the hills of
San Francisco, that ought to have been terraced.
Oil the east, beginning farther north are Berkley, with the buildings of the State University;
and Oakland, the city of residences and gardens;
Alameda, of like character, but of less extent,
and more live oaks; and in the bay the Oakland
Wharf and Goat Island.
Never, except during severe winter storms, or
the prevalence of heavy fog, is the navigation
of the bay unpleasant, and on a calm morning
when the waters are placid, the skies Italian, and
the mind free from anxious care, the bay from
Vallejo to San Francisco will make some of the
brightest and most lasting impressions of the
Golden State.
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