This vast wall of rock is an impressive sight; here the shipwrecked mariner would be utterly helpless; but would drown, not merely in sight of land, but with his hands vainly grasping for even a bush, or root, or a projecting rock.
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: ITS AGRICULTURAL VALLEYS, DAIRIES, FORESTS, FRUIT-FARMS, ETC.
[Illustration: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.] [Illustration: A CALIFORNIA VINEYARD.].